Where does “обманка” come from?

обманка (Russian) comes from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

обманка (Russian): blende from the fact that they are compounds of metals but are not metallic in appearance

Definitions

  1. blende from the fact that they are compounds of metals but are not metallic in appearance

Ancestry of “обманка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →