Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brojiti

Etymology
South Slavic meaning probably reflects the iterative-causative of, ultimately from. Equivalent to.

Per Grynčenko (quoted by Trubačev, ESSJa), secondary meaning in West and East Slavic may have been back-formed or at least influenced by unrelated <.

Verb

 * 1)  to mark, to count
 * 2)  to brawl, to disturb
 * → to fool around, to prank

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