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Where does “растолкать” come from?

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

растолкать (Russian): to push away, aside, or apart; to shake awake

Definitions

  1. to push away, aside, or apart; to shake awake

Ancestry of “растолкать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
2Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
3Old East Slavicроз-—
4Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
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