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Where does “расплести” come from?

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

расплести (Russian): to untwine, to untwist, to unweave, to undo, to...

Definitions

  1. to untwine, to untwist, to unweave, to undo, to...

Ancestry of “расплести”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
2Old East Slavicроз-—
3Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
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