Where does “заморачиваться” come from?
заморачиваться (Russian) comes from Russian замора́чивать, from Russian заморо́чить, from Russian моро́чить, from Proto-Slavic *morčiti, from Proto-Slavic morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.
заморачиваться (Russian): to bother (with), to go through the trouble (of getting)
Definitions
- to bother (with), to go through the trouble (of getting)
Ancestry of “заморачиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | замора́чивать | to mislead, to fool, to confuse |
| 2 | Russian | заморо́чить | to mislead, to fool, to confuse |
| 3 | Russian | моро́чить | to fool, to trick, to dupe, to pull the wool over someone's eyes |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *morčiti | to darken |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | morkъ | darkness |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *markas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mergʷ- | dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark |