Where does “задёргаться” come from?
задёргаться (Russian) comes from Russian задёргать, from Russian дёргать, from Proto-Slavic dьrgati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dirˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥Hgʰ, from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- — to tug, to stretch; to pluck.
задёргаться (Russian): to start to twitch; passive of задёргать
Definitions
- to start to twitch; passive of задёргать
Ancestry of “задёргаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | задёргать | to tug at; to torment through repeatedly tugging... |
| 2 | Russian | дёргать | to pull, to tug; to pull out; to twitch, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dьrgati | to comb, to pluck; to pull, to tug, to jerk |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dirˀg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥Hgʰ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | derHgʰ- | to tug, to stretch; to pluck |