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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grajati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *grāˀ-. Cognate with Lithuanian gróti (to caw, to croak, to howl, to roar, to scold) (1sg. gróju; also grióti, 1sg. grióju), Old High German krāen (to crow).

Verb

*grajati impf[1]

  1. to caw, to croak

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: граꙗти (grajati)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: гра́я (grája)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: гра̏јати, гра́јати
      Latin: grȁjati, grájati
    • Slovene: grājati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grajati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185: “v. ‘caw, croak’”
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