Where does “заморгать” come from?
заморгать (Russian) comes from Russian морга́ть, from Proto-Slavic mъrgati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic murˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥gʷ-.
заморгать (Russian): to begin to blink, to begin to wink
Definitions
- to begin to blink, to begin to wink
Ancestry of “заморгать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | морга́ть | to blink, wink |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | mъrgati | to blink, to wink |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | murˀg- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥gʷ- | — |