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Where does “размежёвывать” come from?

размежёвывать (Russian) comes from Russian размежева́ть, from Russian межева́ть, from Russian межа́, from Proto-Slavic meďa, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

размежёвывать (Russian): to divide up; to separate, to delineate

Definitions

  1. to divide up; to separate, to delineate

Ancestry of “размежёвывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразмежева́ть—
2Russianмежева́ть—
3Russianмежа́balk, unplowed strip of land; border; little...
4Proto-Slavicmeďaborder, boundary, balk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
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