Where does “растаскивать” come from?

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

растаскивать (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 “растаскивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianрастащитьto take away (bit by bit), to remove (part by part), to pilfer
2Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
3Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
4Old East Slavicроз-—
5Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian рас- →
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