Where does “обморочить” come from?
обморочить (Russian) comes 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.
обморочить (Russian): to fool, to trick, to dupe, to pull the wool over...
Definitions
- to fool, to trick, to dupe, to pull the wool over...
Ancestry of “обморочить”, step by step
обморочить traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian моро́чить
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | моро́чить | to fool, to trick, to dupe, to pull the wool over someone's eyes |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *morčiti | to darken |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | morkъ | darkness |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *markas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mergʷ- | dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark |
via Russian об–
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | об– | before certain letters |