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Where does “заикаться” come from?

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

заикаться (Russian): to stammer, to stutter; to hint , to mention, to...

Definitions

  1. to stammer, to stutter; to hint , to mention, to...

Ancestry of “заикаться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianза́-—
2Proto-Slavicza-for
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