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Where does “kręcić” come from?

kręcić (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic krǫtiti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrot(H)-.

kręcić (Polish): to twist; to twirl, spin, turn; to prevaricate

Definitions

  1. to twist; to twirl, spin, turn; to prevaricate

Ancestry of “kręcić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickrǫtitito turn, to twist, to twirl
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrot(H)-—
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