Where does “фыркнуть” come from?

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

фыркнуть (Russian): to snort, to sniff; to sniff scornfully, to...

Definitions

  1. to snort, to sniff; to sniff scornfully, to...

Ancestry of “фыркнуть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ну́тьsuffix used to create primary
2Proto-Slavic-nǫti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nǫti →Every word from Russian -ну́ть →