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