Where does “окликать” come from?
окликать (Russian) comes from Russian окли́кнуть, from Russian кли́кнуть, from Russian кли́кать, from English click, from Middle English cleken, from Middle English clechen, from Old English clēċan, from Old English clyċċan — to swallow; swallow.
окликать (Russian): to hail, to call
Ancestry of “окликать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | окли́кнуть | — |
| 2 | Russian | кли́кнуть | — |
| 3 | Russian | кли́кать | to click; to call |
| 4 | English | click | A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively... |
| 5 | Middle English | cleken | to seize, clutch; to hatch |
| 6 | Middle English | clechen | to grab |
| 7 | Old English | clēċan | — |
| 8 | Old English | clyċċan | to clutch, clench |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | klukjaną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | klu- | to ball up, conglomerate, amass |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | glew- | Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |