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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krěti

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

Hard to identify:

Because of the contrastive meanings and the dialectal attestation, there is no certainty if all the descendants are actually cognates.

Verb

*krěti impf

  1. (probably originally) to intensify, to magnify
    1. (in Northern languages) to gather strength, to recuperate, to invigorate
    2. (in dialectal Bulgarian, Russian) to wilt, to aggravate

Alternative forms

  • *krьjati, *krějati

Inflection

  • (probably) *krěvati, *krěviti (to advance, to enhance)

Descendants

From primary *krěti:

  • East Slavic:
    • >? Russian: хрять (xrjatʹ, to feel sick) (dialectal, listed as a descendant in ESSJa)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: кре́я (kréja, to wilt) (dialectal)

From extended *krějati:

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: крея́ть (krejátʹ, to improve) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: крія́ти (krijáty, to gather strength)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kříti (to gather strength)

From secondary *krьjati:

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: крия́ць (krijácʹ, to start recovering)
    • Ukrainian: крия́ти (kryjáty)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: křáti
      • Czech: okřát (to get better)
    • Slovak: okriať (to invigorate)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*krějati/*krьjati, *krějǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хрять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “крія́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “крея¹ (гл.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 5
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