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Where does “дерати” come from?

дерати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic dьràti, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

дерати (Serbo-Croatian): to tear, pull apart; to skin, flay, strip; to...

Definitions

  1. to tear, pull apart; to skin, flay, strip; to...

Ancestry of “дерати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdьràtito tear, to flay; to tear, to flay; to cut into...
2Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from “дерати”

  • раздерати
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