Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gadati

Etymology
Disputed. Derksen lists three hypotheses:
 * From an elongated ō-grade, from root . Cognate with 🇨🇬 (the source of English get) and akin to ne-infix presents 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Favoured by Vasmer.
 * Related to synonymous, perhaps from , . If so, then akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (perhaps originating from a mixture of *gat- with ). Supported by Berneker, Chernykh, Seebold, who also give as cognates 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (further related to 🇨🇬, ).
 * Possibly related to 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from . Favoured by Sławski, Zubatý.

Given, the last option is phonetically most preferable.

Verb

 * 1) to guess, to conjecture
 * 2) to talk, to argue
 * 1) to talk, to argue

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