Where does “раскачиваться” come from?

раскачиваться (Russian) comes from Russian раска́чивать, from Russian раскача́ть, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.

раскачиваться (Russian): to swing, to rock; to rock oneself to and fro, to...

Definitions

  1. to swing, to rock; to rock oneself to and fro, to...

Ancestry of “раскачиваться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраска́чиватьto swing, to rock
2Russianраскача́тьto swing, to rock
3Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
4Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
5Old East Slavicроз-
6Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
Every word from Proto-Slavic orz-Every word from Russian раз-Every word from Russian рас-