Where does “раздвои́ть” come from?

раздвои́ть (Russian) comes from Russian двои́ть, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

раздвои́ть (Russian): to bisect, to divide into two, to bifurcate

Definitions

  1. to bisect, to divide into two, to bifurcate

Ancestry of “раздвои́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдвои́тьto divide in two, to bifurcate
2Russian-и́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “раздвои́ть”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →