Where does “гэ́кать” come from?
гэ́кать (Russian) comes from Russian г, from Russian грамм, from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
гэ́кать (Russian): to speak using the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] instead of the voiced velar plosive [g], which is usual for Ukrainian, Belarusian and Southern Russian speakers
Definitions
- to speak using the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] instead of the voiced velar plosive [g], which is usual for Ukrainian, Belarusian and Southern Russian speakers
Ancestry of “гэ́кать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | г | abbreviation of грамм; hecto- |
| 2 | Russian | грамм | gram |
| 3 | Latin | gramma | gram |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |