Where does “хмыкнуть” come from?

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

хмыкнуть (Russian): to hem, to say hmm out of hesitation

Definitions

  1. to hem, to say hmm out of hesitation

Ancestry of “хмыкнуть”, step by step

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