Where does “потягушки” come from?
потягушки (Russian) comes from Russian тяну́ть, from Proto-Slavic tęgnǫti, from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
потягушки (Russian): stretching
Ancestry of “потягушки”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | тяну́ть | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tęgnǫti | to pull |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tengʰ- | to pull; to be heavy, difficult |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |