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Where does “разузнавать” come from?

разузнавать (Russian) comes from Russian разузна́ть, from Russian узна́ть, from Russian зна́ть, from Old Russian знати, from Proto-Slavic znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

разузнавать (Russian): to find out, to make inquiries , to try to find...

Definitions

  1. to find out, to make inquiries , to try to find...

Ancestry of “разузнавать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразузна́ть—
2Russianузна́ть—
3Russianзна́ть—
4Old Russianзнати—
5Proto-Slavicznatito know
6Proto-Balto-Slavicźnōˀteito know
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéh₃tto know; to get to know, to meet
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
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