Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krakati
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From imitative Proto-Indo-European *ker-. Baltic cognates include Latvian krãkât, Lithuanian krokoti. Further cognates with Latin crocire.
Verb edit
*krakati[1]
- to croak
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кракати (krakati)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krakati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 245: “v. ‘croak’”
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “567-71”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 567-71