Where does “ыкать” come from?

ыкать (Russian) comes from Russian -кать, from Proto-Slavic -kati, from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ!.

ыкать (Russian): to make the sound of the letter ы

Definitions

  1. to make the sound of the letter ы

Ancestry of “ыкать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-катьSuffix used to create verbs denoting onomatopoeic...
2Proto-Slavic-katiCreates onomatopoeic verbs denoting an action of...
3Proto-Slavicbьlkъ!—
Every word from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ! →Every word from Russian -кать →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kati →