Where does “потрескивать” come from?
потрескивать (Russian) comes from Russian треснуть, from Russian треск, from Proto-Slavic *trěskъ.
потрескивать (Russian): to crackle
Ancestry of “потрескивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | треснуть | to crack, to burst, to pop; to collapse, to... |
| 2 | Russian | треск | crack, crash, snap |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *trěskъ | — |