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Where does “забормотать” come from?

забормотать (Russian) comes from Russian за́-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

забормотать (Russian): to start muttering, to start mumbling

Definitions

  1. to start muttering, to start mumbling

Ancestry of “забормотать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianза́-—
2Proto-Slavicza-for
Every word from Proto-Slavic za- →