Where does “расползаться” come from?
расползаться (Russian) comes from Russian расползти́сь, from Russian -сь, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
расползаться (Russian): to crawl away; to spread, to run, to blur; to...
Definitions
- to crawl away; to spread, to run, to blur; to...
Ancestry of “расползаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | расползти́сь | to crawl away |
| 2 | Russian | -сь | contraction of -ся; this, last |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |