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Where does “порхнуть” come from?

порхнуть (Russian) comes from Russian -ну́ть, from Proto-Slavic -nǫti.

порхнуть (Russian): to flit, to flap one's wings , to fly quickly, to...

Definitions

  1. to flit, to flap one's wings , to fly quickly, to...

Ancestry of “порхнуть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ну́ть—
2Proto-Slavic-nǫti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nǫti →