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Where does “гэканье” come from?

гэканье (Russian) comes from Russian гэ́кать, 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- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

гэканье (Russian): "hekanye", the non-standard pronunciation of...

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Ancestry of “гэканье”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгэ́кать—
2Russianгabbreviation of грамм; hecto-
3Russianграммgram
4Latingrammagram
5Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
6Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
7Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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