giedoti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing, cry”). Cognate with Latvian dziedāt (“to sing”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (“to caw, croak”), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati, “sing”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲiə̯ˈdoːtʲɪ/

Verb

giedóti (third-person present tense gi̇́eda, third-person past tense gi̇́edojo)

  1. to sing

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “giedoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
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