Where does “разыскивать” come from?

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

разыскивать (Russian): to search, to look (for)

Definitions

  1. to search, to look (for)

Ancestry of “разыскивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразыска́тьto find
2Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
3Old East Slavicроз-—
4Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian разыска́ть →