Wiktionary

krekti

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Possibly akin to krẽklas (“breast”).[1] Alternatively from krèšti (“to clot, coagulate”) with progressive assimilation,[3] or akin to kurkulaĩ (“frogspawn”) and Proto-Slavic *krękъ (“spawn”).[2] Has also been connected to Albanian qurra (“snot”).[4]

Noun

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krèkti (third-person present tense kreñka, third-person past tense krẽko)

  1. to clot, coagulate, condense
    Synonyms: tirštė́ti, krešė́ti, krekė́ti, krèšti

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “krẽklas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 603 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “krèkti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 293
  3. ^ Václav Machek[2] (please specify work)
  4. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) “qurra”, in Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 65

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