quácë

noun. frog

A word given as {koake >>} quāke “frog” derived from primitive ✶kāwāk in notes from 1968 (VT47/36).

Changes

• koake → quāke ✧ VT47/36

Derivations

• ✶kāwāk “frog” ✧ VT47/36
  • √KAWAK “*caw, croak”

Element in

• ᴺQ. quaccas “tadpole, (lit.) frog head”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kāwāk > quāke	[kwāke]	✧ VT47/36
✶kāwāk > koake	[kawake] > [koake]	✧ VT47/36

Variations

• quāke ✧ VT47/36
• koake ✧ VT47/36 (koake)