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 (about), to try to find out
Definitions
- to find out, to make inquiries (about), to try to find out
Ancestry of “разузнавать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | разузна́ть | to find out, to make inquiries (about), to try to find out |
| 2 | Russian | узна́ть | to recognize |
| 3 | Russian | зна́ть | to know: to be familiar with or accustomed to a person, place, or thing |
| 4 | Old Russian | знати | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | znati | to know |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źnōˀtei | to know |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵnéh₃t | to know; to get to know, to meet |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |