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Where does “кричати” come from?

кричати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic kričati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

кричати (Old Church Slavonic): cry; scream; shout

Definitions

  1. cry; scream; shout

Ancestry of “кричати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickričatito scream
2Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti →