valdyti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀdā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”), compare Latvian vàldît, Proto-Slavic *volděti, Proto-Germanic *waldaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
valdýti (third-person present tense val̃do, third-person past tense val̃dė)
- (transitive, intransitive) to rule
- (transitive) to control
Derived terms
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “valdyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 485-6