šokti

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, with further origin unclear. The traditional connection to 🇨🇬 is rejected by Beekes (see there for more). Otherwise, frequently connected with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬. If so, we could be looking at a , with the  present in the Baltic forms (< ) being neutralised after s in Slavic (< ).

Verb

 * 1) jump, leap
 * 2) hop, skip move by jumping
 *  šóka  - A grasshopper is hopping across the lawn.
 * 1) run about, work a lot;  fuss, pander to someone's needs
 * 2) spring up, appear suddenly; act, set about suddenly
 *  šóko     . - The wind gushed through the branches, throwing leaves to the ground.
 * ,  šóko . - When they saw the patrol car, they all broke into a run.
 * 1) dance move in rhythm to music

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