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Where does “раскрадывать” come from?

раскрадывать (Russian) comes from Russian раскрасть, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.

раскрадывать (Russian): to steal , to sack, to embezzle, to plunder

Definitions

  1. to steal , to sack, to embezzle, to plunder

Ancestry of “раскрадывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраскрастьto steal , to sack, to embezzle, to plunder
2Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
3Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
4Old East Slavicроз-—
5Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
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