Where does “бекати” come from?

бекати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bekati, from Proto-Slavic běkati, from Proto-Slavic -kati, from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ!.

бекати (Serbo-Croatian): to give a bleat

Definitions

  1. to give a bleat

Ancestry of “бекати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbekatito give a bleat
2Proto-Slavicběkatito bleat, to yell
3Proto-Slavic-katiCreates onomatopoeic verbs denoting an action of...
4Proto-Slavicbьlkъ!—
Every word from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ! →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kati →Every word from Proto-Slavic běkati →
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