Where does “ахнуть” come from?

ахнуть (Russian) comes from Russian -ну́ть, from Proto-Slavic -nǫti.

ахнуть (Russian): to exclaim, to gasp, to sigh

Definitions

  1. to exclaim, to gasp, to sigh

Ancestry of “ахнуть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ну́тьsuffix used to create primary
2Proto-Slavic-nǫti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nǫti →Every word from Russian -ну́ть →