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Where does “распевать” come from?

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

распевать (Russian): to spend time singing; to sing loudly; to...

Definitions

  1. to spend time singing; to sing loudly; to...

Ancestry of “распевать”, step by step

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