skambinti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Derksen or Smoczynski. Looks similar in form and meaning to formations like Latvian skulbenis (bell), itself related to kalbė́ti (to speak) and kalbà (language). The shift from an l to an m would have to be explained, though.”

Verb

skam̃binti (third-person present tense skam̃bina, third-person past tense skam̃bino)

  1. to telephone
  2. to ring (a bell)
  3. to play (a piano)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “skambinti”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 247-8
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220