mokėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian mācēt (to be able to, know), from Proto-Baltic *maˀk-, with further etymology unclear. Potential affinities to Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, means, expedient) and Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (to be able) are semantically appealing, but unconvincing on formal grounds.[1][2]

The "to pay" sense is a secondary development from the "to know" sense. Compare German Vermögen (fortune, ability).[3]

Verb

mokė́ti (third-person present tense móka, third-person past tense mokė́jo)

  1. to be able to, know
    mokėti kalbėti angliškaito know how to speak English
  2. to pay
    mokėti mokestįto pay a fee

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mokėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ mokė́ti I” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 765 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ mokė́ti II” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 767 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

  • mokėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • mokėti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024