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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

  1. to fool, to trick, to dupe, to pull the wool over...

Ancestry of “обморочить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianморо́чить—
2Proto-Slavic*morčiti—
3Proto-Slavicmorkъdarkness
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*markas—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark
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