Where does “пристреливать” come from?
пристреливать (Russian) comes from Russian пристрели́ть, from Russian при-, from Russian при, from Proto-Slavic pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic prei, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
пристреливать (Russian): to shoot; to calibrate, to align; to fire test...
Definitions
- to shoot; to calibrate, to align; to fire test...
Ancestry of “пристреливать”, step by step
пристреливать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian пристрели́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пристрели́ть | to shoot (down) |
| 2 | Russian | при- | arrival; attachment, on; adding to |
| 3 | Russian | при | in the presence of; in the time of; at, by |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pri | next to, by, at; with; to |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | prei | at, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Russian пристреля́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пристреля́ть | to zero, to calibrate, to align (a firearm) |
| 2 | Russian | стреля́ть | to shoot, to fire |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | стрѣляти | throw arrows |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | strěľati | to shoot arrows |