Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic звꙗкати (zvjakati). Compare Old Church Slavonic звꙗкати (zvjakati), Slovene zvékati.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

звя́кать (zvjákatʹimpf (perfective звя́кнуть)

  1. to tinkle

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “звякать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress