Where does “подчёркивать” come from?

подчёркивать (Russian) comes from Russian подчеркну́ть, from Russian черкну́ть, from Russian черкать, from Proto-Slavic *čьrkati.

подчёркивать (Russian): to underline, to underscore; to stress, to...

Definitions

  1. to underline, to underscore; to stress, to...

Ancestry of “подчёркивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподчеркну́тьto underline, to underscore
2Russianчеркну́тьto write, to scribble
3Russianчеркатьto cross out, to cross off
4Proto-Slavic*čьrkati—

Words derived from “подчёркивать”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *čьrkati →Every word from Russian черкать →Every word from Russian черкну́ть →