Where does “размазывать” come from?
размазывать (Russian) comes from Russian разма́зать, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
размазывать (Russian): to spread; to pad out, to spin out
Definitions
- to spread; to pad out, to spin out
Ancestry of “размазывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | разма́зать | — |
| 2 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |