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Where does “разменивать” come from?

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

разменивать (Russian): to change; to exchange; to live to certain age

Definitions

  1. to change; to exchange; to live to certain age

Ancestry of “разменивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразменя́ть—
2Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
3Old East Slavicроз-—
4Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
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