krekti
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Lithuanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly akin to krẽklas (“breast”).[1] Alternatively from krèšti (“to clot, coagulate”) with progressive assimilation,[3] or akin to kurkulaĩ (“frogspawn”) and Proto-Slavic *krękъ (“spawn”).[2] Has also been connected to Albanian qurra (“snot”).[4]
Noun[edit]
krèkti (third-person present tense kreñka, third-person past tense krẽko)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “krẽklas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 603 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “krèkti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 293
- ^ Václav Machek[2] (please specify work)
- ^ Çabej, E. (1986) “qurra”, in Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 65
Further reading[edit]
- “krekti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024