Where does “ječati” come from?

ječati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ęčati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ink-.

ječati (Serbo-Croatian): to echo, resound

Definitions

  1. to echo, resound

Ancestry of “ječati”, step by step

ječati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic ęčati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicęčatito wail, moan
2Proto-Balto-Slavicink-—

via Proto-Slavic (j)ęcati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic(j)ęcati—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ink- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ęčati →