Where does “пролезать” come from?

пролезать (Russian) comes from Russian проле́зть, 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.

пролезать (Russian): to get through, to wriggle through, to climb...

Definitions

  1. to get through, to wriggle through, to climb...

Ancestry of “пролезать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпроле́зтьto get through, to wriggle through, to climb through, to squeeze through
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pró