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Where does “разрисовывать” come from?

разрисовывать (Russian) comes from Russian разрисова́ть, from Russian рисова́ть, from Polish rysować, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

разрисовывать (Russian): to draw all over, to cover with drawings

Definitions

  1. to draw all over, to cover with drawings

Ancestry of “разрисовывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразрисова́ть—
2Russianрисова́ть—
3Polishrysowaćto draw, to sketch
4Middle High Germanrīzen—
5Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
6Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
7Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
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