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Where does “раскидываться” come from?

раскидываться (Russian) comes from Russian раски́дывать, from Russian раскида́ть, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.

раскидываться (Russian): to spread out, to stretch out, to stretch far...

Definitions

  1. to spread out, to stretch out, to stretch far...

Ancestry of “раскидываться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраски́дывать—
2Russianраскида́ть—
3Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
4Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
5Old East Slavicроз-—
6Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
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