Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lokati. Cognate with Lithuanian làkti (to lap), Sanskrit लाकयति (lākayati).

Verb edit

лакати (lakati?

  1. to lap

Descendants edit

  • Russian: лакать (lakatʹ)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “лакати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 5