Where does “разма́хивать” come from?

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

разма́хивать (Russian): to sway, to swing

Definitions

  1. to sway, to swing

Ancestry of “разма́хивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразмахну́тьto spread (one's hands)
2Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
3Old East Slavicроз-—
4Proto-Slavicorz-dis-

Words derived from “разма́хивать”

Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian размахну́ть →