bilst

Underlyingly *bild-ti, an iR-vocalization of the zero-grade *bʰl̥- of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound; to speak, roar, bark”) which gave rise to an (unattested) *bilt which was extended with an additional -d- giving bilst. Of the same origin as balss (“voice”). Cognate with Lithuanian bilti (“to speak”) (3rd pres. bilsta), bilsti (“to knock, rumble”), byla (“speech; case, file”), Old Prussian billīt, billītwei (“to say, speak”). Iterative bildēt (“to speak”) (whence atbildēt (“to respond”)), causative bildināt (“to propose someone”).^[1] Derksen reconstructs *bʰl̥d- already at a Proto-Indo-European stage, see Lithuanian bildėti.

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bilst (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present bilstu, bilsti, bilst, past bildu)

1. (transitive) to utter; to say, especially in few words

• iebilst (“to object”)
• iebildums (“objection”)
• atbilst (“to correspond, match, suit”)
• atbilstība (“suitability, correspondence”)
• piebilst (“to add, note”)
• piebilde (“note, (an additional) condition”)
• aizbilst (“to put in a good word for someone”)
• aizbildnis (“legal guardian”)
• atbildēt (“to respond, reply”)
• atbilde (“response”)
• atbildība (“responsibility”)
• bildināt (“to propose someone”)