Where does “раска́лывать” come from?
раска́лывать (Russian) comes from Russian расколо́ть, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
раска́лывать (Russian): to split, to cleave, to break (sugar), to crack (nuts), to chop (firewood)
Definitions
- to split, to cleave, to break (sugar), to crack (nuts), to chop (firewood)
Ancestry of “раска́лывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | расколо́ть | to split, to cleave, to break (sugar), to crack (nuts), to chop (firewood) |
| 2 | Russian | рас- | Alternative form of раз- |
| 3 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |