Where does “растерзывать” come from?

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

растерзывать (Russian): to tear to pieces

Definitions

  1. to tear to pieces

Ancestry of “растерзывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianрастерзатьto tear to pieces
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- →