Where does “распахиваться” come from?
распахиваться (Russian) comes from Russian распа́хивать, from Russian распаха́ть, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
распахиваться (Russian): to fly/swing/sweep open; to throw open one's...
Definitions
- to fly/swing/sweep open; to throw open one's...
Ancestry of “распахиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | распа́хивать | — |
| 2 | Russian | распаха́ть | — |
| 3 | Russian | рас- | Alternative form of раз- |
| 4 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |