krekti

Lithuanian

Related to Latvian sakrecêt (“to curdle”),^[1] and possibly akin to archaic Lithuanian krẽklas (“breast”).^[2] Further origin unclear:

According to Machek, from krèšti (“to clot, coagulate”) with progressive assimilation.^[3]
Fraenkel suggests kinship with kurkulaĩ (“frogspawn”) and Proto-Slavic *krękъ (“spawn”).^[3]
Cabej connects Albanian qurra (“snot”).^[4]^[5]

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krèkti (third-person present tense kreñka, third-person past tense krẽko)^[6]

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krèkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 311-12
^ “krẽklas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 603 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “krèkti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 293
^ Çabej, E. (1986) “qurra”, in Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 65
^ “krekti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
^ “krekti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024