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Where does “karati” come from?

karati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic karati — to punish; to scold.

karati (Serbo-Croatian): to scold; to quarrel; to fuck

Definitions

  1. to scold; to quarrel; to fuck

Ancestry of “karati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickaratito punish; to scold
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