Where does “задёргивать” come from?
задёргивать (Russian) comes from Russian задёрнуть, from Russian дёрнуть, from Proto-Slavic dьrnǫti — to comb; to pull off, to tug, to yank.
задёргивать (Russian): to draw, to pull, to shut; to torment through...
Definitions
- to draw, to pull, to shut; to torment through...
Ancestry of “задёргивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | задёрнуть | to draw, to pull, to shut |
| 2 | Russian | дёрнуть | to pull, to tug; to pull out; to twitch, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dьrnǫti | to comb; to pull off, to tug, to yank |