Where does “кратный” come from?
кратный (Russian) comes from Russian крат, from Old Church Slavonic кратъ, from Proto-Slavic kortъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
кратный (Russian): multiple
Ancestry of “кратный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | крат | time, occurrence, -fold |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | кратъ | time |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | kortъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |