Where does “защёлкать” come from?
защёлкать (Russian) comes from Russian щёлкать, from Russian щёлка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.
защёлкать (Russian): to begin to crack, to snap, to click, etc; to...
Definitions
- to begin to crack, to snap, to click, etc; to...
Ancestry of “защёлкать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | щёлкать | to click; to crack, to click, to snap, etc; to... |
| 2 | Russian | щёлка | endearing diminutive of щель : slit, crack;... |
| 3 | Russian | -ка | now, just |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ьka | — |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ikaʔ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ikeh₂ | — |