Where does “расправляться” come from?
расправляться (Russian) comes from Russian расправля́ть, from Russian распра́вить, from Russian пра́вить, from Old East Slavic правити, from Old East Slavic -тель, from Proto-Slavic -teľь, from Proto-Slavic -jь, from Proto-Indo-European yós — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
расправляться (Russian): to beat violently, to punish; to get rid of by...
Definitions
- to beat violently, to punish; to get rid of by...
Ancestry of “расправляться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | расправля́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | распра́вить | — |
| 3 | Russian | пра́вить | to govern |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | правити | — |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | -тель | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -teľь | Deverbative, forms agent nouns from the... |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |