ęčati

ęčati Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `wail, moan'

Page in Trubačev: VI 61-62

Church Slavic:

jačati (RuCS) `cry out, wail, moan' [verb]

Russian:

jačát' (dial.) `wail, moan' [verb]

Old Russian:

jačati `cry out, wail, moan' [verb]

Czech:

ječeti `shriek' [verb]

Old Czech:

jěčěti `scream, moan' [verb]

Slovak:

jačat' `weep loudly, moan' [verb]

Polish:

jęczeć `moan' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

jéčati `resound, moan' [verb]

Slovene:

ję́čati `whine, moan' [verb], ječím

Bulgarian:

ečá `sound, buzz' [verb]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: ink-

Lithuanian:

inkštėti (dial.) `stammer' [verb]

Other cognates:

Lat. uncāre `make the sound of a bear' [verb];

MLG anken `moan, sigh' [verb];

MoDu. janken `howl, cry' [verb]