Where does “аґукати” come from?

аґукати (Ukrainian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -кати, from Proto-Slavic -kati, from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ!.

аґукати (Ukrainian): to make the "agu" sound (e.g. as an infant or to calm infants as an adult)

Definitions

  1. to make the "agu" sound (e.g. as an infant or to calm infants as an adult)

Ancestry of “аґукати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-катиSuffix that turns verbs into diminutives
2Proto-Slavic-katiCreates onomatopoeic verbs denoting an action of...
3Proto-Slavicbьlkъ!—
Every word from Proto-Slavic bьlkъ! →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -кати →