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Where does “clucketh” come from?

clucketh (English) comes from English cluck, from French glousser, from German gackern, from Italian chiocciare, from Spanish cloquear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν — he, she.

clucketh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “clucketh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcluckThe sound made by a hen, especially when...
2Frenchglousserto cluck; to gobble; to chortle, to giggle
3Germangackern—
4Italianchiocciareto cluck
5Spanishcloquearto cluck; to harpoon
6Spanish-earforms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some...
7Latin-izāre—
8Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
9Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
10Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
11Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
14Chichewaiyehe, she
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