Where does “skȕcati” come from?
skȕcati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian kucati, from Serbo-Croatian cukati, from German zücken, from Middle High German zucken, from Old High German zucken, from Proto-Germanic tukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic tug-, from Frankish -wald — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.
skȕcati (Serbo-Croatian): to scrape up to gather little by little
Definitions
- to scrape up to gather little by little
Ancestry of “skȕcati”, step by step
skȕcati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian kucati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | kucati | to knock, tap, beat, strike; to type |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | cukati | to jerk |
| 3 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 4 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 8 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 9 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |
via Serbo-Croatian s
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | s | with, together with, along with; from, off;... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |