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Where does “заворчать” come from?

заворчать (Russian) comes from Russian ворча́ть, from Proto-Slavic *vъrčati.

заворчать (Russian): to begin to grumble; to begin to growl

Definitions

  1. to begin to grumble; to begin to growl

Ancestry of “заворчать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianворча́ть—
2Proto-Slavic*vъrčati—
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