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]

to croak

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кракати (krakati)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кра́кати
  Latin: krákati
- Slovene: krakati
West Slavic:
- Czech: krákat
- Polish: krakać
- Slovak: krákať

References

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’”

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 567-71

[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’”