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

  1. to begin to crack, to snap, to click, etc; to...

Ancestry of “защёлкать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianщёлкатьto click; to crack, to click, to snap, etc; to...
2Russianщёлка(small) slit, crack
3Russian-каnow, just
4Proto-Slavic-ьka—
5Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
6Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →