Where does “плакати” come from?

плакати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic polkati — to wash up.

плакати (Old Church Slavonic): to weep; to mourn; to wash

Definitions

  1. to weep; to mourn; to wash

Ancestry of “плакати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpolkatito wash up
Every word from Proto-Slavic polkati