krauti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *krauˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (“to pile, cover”). Cognate with Latvian kŗaut (“to heap, pile”), Proto-Slavic *krỳti (“to cover”); outside of Balto-Slavic, compare also Proto-Germanic *hreudaną (“to cover”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
kráuti (third-person present tense kráuna, third-person past tense króvė)
Declension
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Related terms
- krūtìs (“breast”)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “krauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256