Where does “растаскать” come from?

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

растаскать (Russian): to take away (bit by bit), to remove (part by part), to pilfer

Definitions

  1. to take away (bit by bit), to remove (part by part), to pilfer

Ancestry of “растаскать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
2Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
3Old East Slavicроз-—
4Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian рас- →