Where does “распа́хивать” come from?

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

распа́хивать (Russian): to throw open, to fling open; to open wide

Definitions

  1. to throw open, to fling open; to open wide

Ancestry of “распа́хивать”, step by step

распа́хивать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian распаха́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраспаха́тьto plough up, to till
2Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
3Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
4Old East Slavicроз-—
5Proto-Slavicorz-dis-

via Russian распахну́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраспахну́тьto throw open, to fling open; to open wide

Words derived from “распа́хивать”

Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian рас- →