Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grajati

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grāˀ-, *grāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (to cry hoarsely). 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

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*grajati impf[1]

  1. to caw, to croak

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  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’