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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klikati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *klīˀkāˀtei. Cognate with Lithuanian klỹkti (to scream, to yell) (1sg. klykiù), klìkti (to shriek, to cry out) (1sg. klinkù), klýkoti (to scream, to yell), klýkauti (to shout), Latvian klĩkât (to scream loudly (in a forest)), klìekt (to shout loudly). Vasmer adds as cognates Middle High German līen, līhen (to speak, to inform), Old English hlīgan (to ascribe). Per Trubachev, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*klìkati impf [1][2]

  1. to cry out, to call

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *klìťi
  • *klìcati

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*klìkati; *klìcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225: “v. (a) ‘cry out, call’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), ?klicati”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (MP 27)”
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