колоть

Russian

verb
Definitions
  • to split, to cleave, to break (sugar), to crack (nuts), to chop (firewood)
  • to stab, to thrust
  • to kill, to slaughter
  • to prick, to sting
  • to have a stitch, to feel a prick or a stab
  • to taunt

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòlti (sting) root from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (beat, break, strike, hew).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kelh₂-

Gloss

beat, break, strike, hew

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