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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grakъ

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 *grati (to play music) + *-kъ, onomatopoeic in nature. Probably related to Proto-Indo-European *greh₂- (to cry).

Noun

*grakъ m

  1. croak

Declension

Alternative forms

  • *graka f

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: grak (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grakъ/*graka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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