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
- to hem, to say hmm out of hesitation
Ancestry of “хмыкнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -ну́ть | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -nǫti | — |