See also: Gauti

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gáuˀtei, *gū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew(H)- (to gain). Cognate with Latvian gaut, gūt (to catch, gain), Old Prussian pogaūt (to receive), and (per Trubačev) Proto-Slavic *gyti, *guviti (to acquire).[1] Outside of Balto-Slavic, likely related to Avestan 𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (gūnaoiti, to supply), 𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬌 (gūnaoti, to increase).[2] Derksen instead prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃- (to feed, tend) and compares Ancient Greek βόσκω (bóskō, id).[3]

Tentatively further compared with Proto-Celtic *boudi (booty, loot), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡä̂ˑʊ̯tʲɪ]

Verb

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gáuti (third-person present tense gáuna, third-person past tense gãvo)[4][5]

  1. (transitive) to get, to obtain, to gain ( accusative)
  2. (transitive) to derive

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*guviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 180
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gou̯ǝ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 403-404
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
  4. ^ gauti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  5. ^ gauti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024