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Where does “rakj” come from?

rakj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Rák, from Proto-Slavic rakъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rṓˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₃kʷos — looking backwards.

rakj (Hungarian): second-person singular subjunctive present...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present...

Ancestry of “rakj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianRákCancer
2Proto-Slavicrakъcrayfish
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrṓˀkas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₃kʷoslooking backwards
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreh₃kʷos →