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
- to pull , to finger, to play with, to pinch, to...
Ancestry of “теребить”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | теребити | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | terbiti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |