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Where does “cridar” come from?

cridar (Romansch) comes from Medieval Latin crido, from Frankish krītan, from Proto-Germanic krītaną, from Proto-Indo-European greyd- — to shout.

cridar (Romansch): to call

Definitions

  1. to call

Ancestry of “cridar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincridoto clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim; to cry...
2Frankishkrītanto cry out, shout, proclaim; to cry, cry out,...
3Proto-Germanickrītanąto call out, scream, shout, proclaim
4Proto-Indo-Europeangreyd-to shout
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