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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ękati

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

Alternative forms

  • *ęcati

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ink-. Cognate with Lithuanian inkštėti (to stammer), Dutch janken, Latin uncāre.

Verb

*ękati

  1. to moan

Inflection

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: е́цам (écam) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: jе́кати, jȅkati, јȅцати
      Latin script: jékati, jȅkati, jȅcati
    • Slovene: jékati
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: jekati
    • Kashubian: jikac sã
    • Old Polish: jąkać
    • Slovincian: jãkac

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ękati; *ęcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 157
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