Where does “размахивать” come from?

размахивать (Russian) comes from Russian размахну́ть, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.

Ancestry of “размахивать”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	размахну́ть	—
2	Russian	раз-	asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
3	Old East Slavic	роз-	—
4	Proto-Slavic	orz-	dis-

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