Where does “курчити” come from?
курчити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ку̏рац, from Proto-Slavic kurьcь, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
курчити (Serbo-Croatian): to boast, brag
Ancestry of “курчити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ку̏рац | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kurьcь | capon; penis; smoker |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |