Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krěti

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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

Etymology

Hard to identify:

Because of the contrastive meanings and the dialectal attestation, there is no certainty if all the descendants are actually cognates.

Verb

*krěti impf

  1. (probably originally) to intensify, to magnify
    1. (in Northern languages) to gather strength, to recuperate, to invigorate
    2. (in dialectal Bulgarian, Russian) to wilt, to aggravate

Alternative forms

Inflection

Descendants

From primary *krěti:

  • East Slavic:
    • >? Russian: хрять (xrjatʹ, to feel sick) (dialectal, listed as a descendant in ESSJa)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: кре́я (kréja, to wilt) (dialectal)

From extended *krějati:

  • East Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kříti (to gather strength)

From secondary *krьjati:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*krějati/*krьjati, *krějǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хрять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “крія́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “крея¹ (гл.)”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 5