Where does “проглядывать” come from?

проглядывать (Russian) comes from Russian прогляде́ть, from Russian про́-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

проглядывать (Russian): to look (through), to skim

Definitions

  1. to look (through), to skim

Ancestry of “проглядывать”, step by step

проглядывать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian прогляде́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпрогляде́тьto look (through), to skim
2Russianпро́-through, past describing an action of passing through a space or an object
3Proto-Slavicpro-pro-, for-, through
4Proto-Slavic*profor
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*pra—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Russian прогляну́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпрогляну́тьto show, to appear, to peep out
2Russian-гляну́ть—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pró →