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Where does “теребить” come from?

теребить (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic теребити, from Proto-Slavic terbiti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

теребить (Russian): to pull , to finger, to play with, to pinch, to...

Definitions

  1. to pull , to finger, to play with, to pinch, to...

Ancestry of “теребить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicтеребити—
2Proto-Slavicterbiti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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