Where does “ёкнуть” come from?
ёкнуть (Russian) comes from Russian ёкать, from Russian -кать, from Proto-Slavic -kati, from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ!.
ёкнуть (Russian): to skip a beat; to make a sound like a hiccup
Definitions
- to skip a beat; to make a sound like a hiccup
Ancestry of “ёкнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ёкать | to skip a beat; to make a sound like a hiccup |
| 2 | Russian | -кать | Suffix used to create verbs denoting onomatopoeic... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -kati | Creates onomatopoeic verbs denoting an action of... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | bьlkъ! | — |