Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krękъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Disputed:

ESSJa formally distinguishes between meanings “spawn” (under *krękъ I) and “sprout” (under *krękъ II).

Noun

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*krękъ m

  1. spawn, sprout
    frog spawn (mainly in East Slavic, attested in derivatives within other branches)
    Synonym: *jьkra (roe)
    offshoot, bough, bole of plant (in South Slavic)
    Synonyms: *bъtvo, *bоturь
    turf of aquatic vegetation (in Serbo-Croatian, Sorbian)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Derived terms

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: кракові́на (krakovína, sedimentation) (dialectal)
    • Russian: кряк (krjak, spawn; trunk) (standard); крёк (krjok, frog spawn) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: skřek (obsolete)
    • Polish: krzek, skrzek (amphibian spawn)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kśek (water plant)
      • Upper Sorbian: křek (water plant)

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кряк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krękъ I, II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
  • kurkulai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 171