Where does “юркнуть” come from?
юркнуть (Russian) comes from Russian ю́ркий, from Russian -кий, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
юркнуть (Russian): to whisk, to flit
Definitions
- to whisk, to flit
Ancestry of “юркнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ю́ркий | agile, nimble |
| 2 | Russian | -кий | -y, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |