Where does “стрельнуть” come from?

стрельнуть (Russian) comes from Russian стреля́ть, from Old East Slavic стрѣляти, from Proto-Slavic strěľati — to shoot arrows.

стрельнуть (Russian): to shoot (at), to fire (at), to fire a shot (at)

Definitions

  1. to shoot (at), to fire (at), to fire a shot (at)

Ancestry of “стрельнуть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianстреля́тьto shoot, to fire
2Old East Slavicстрѣлятиthrow arrows
3Proto-Slavicstrěľatito shoot arrows
Every word from Proto-Slavic strěľati →Every word from Old East Slavic стрѣляти →Every word from Russian стреля́ть →
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