pirkti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate to Latvian pirkt; further origin outside of Baltic uncertain. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *prek-, from *per-k-, a hypothetical k-extension of *per- (to sell), in which case compare Ancient Greek πέρνημι (pérnēmi, to sell).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

pir̃kti (third-person present tense per̃ka, third-person past tense pir̃ko)

  1. to buy
    perki, Jonai?
    What are you buying, Jonas?

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pirkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357