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Where does “замигать” come from?

замигать (Russian) comes from Russian мига́ть, from Proto-Slavic migati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic meyg-, from Proto-Indo-European meygʰ-.

замигать (Russian): to begin to blink; to begin to wink; to begin to...

Definitions

  1. to begin to blink; to begin to wink; to begin to...

Ancestry of “замигать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмига́тьto blink
2Proto-Slavicmigatito blink
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmeyg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeygʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meygʰ- →