Where does “промахиваться” come from?
промахиваться (Russian) comes from Russian промахну́ться, 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.
промахиваться (Russian): to miss (one's aim), to miss the mark, to fail to hit, to miscue
Definitions
- to miss (one's aim), to miss the mark, to fail to hit, to miscue
Ancestry of “промахиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | промахну́ться | to miss (one's aim), to miss the mark, to fail to hit, to miscue |
| 2 | Russian | про́- | through, past describing an action of passing through a space or an object |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |