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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klęčati

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 *klenk-. Likely cognate with Latvian klencêt (to hobble), Lithuanian klékti (to walk with difficulty), in which case from Proto-Indo-European. Further etymology unknown.

Verb

*klęčàti

  1. to kneel

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian:
    • Russian: клячеть (kljačetʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: клячіти (kljačity)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: клѧчѧшта (klęčęšta)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⱔⱍⱔⱎⱅⰰ (klęčęšta)
    • Bulgarian: клеча́ (klečá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кле́чати
      Latin script: kléčati
    • Slovene: klečáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klęčàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 225
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