Where does “царапнуть” come from?

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

царапнуть (Russian): to scratch

Definitions

  1. to scratch

Ancestry of “царапнуть”, step by step

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