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Where does “клечати” come from?

клечати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic klęčati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic klenk-.

клечати (Serbo-Croatian): to kneel

Definitions

  1. to kneel

Ancestry of “клечати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicklęčatito kneel
2Proto-Balto-Slavicklenk-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic klenk- →