Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krakati

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

Etymology

From imitative Proto-Indo-European *ker-. Baltic cognates include Latvian krãkât, Lithuanian krokoti. Further cognates with Latin crocire.

Verb

*krakati[1]

  1. to croak

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кракати (krakati)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кра́кати
      Latin script: krákati
    • Slovene: krakati
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krakati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245: “v. ‘croak’”
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