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Lithuanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vʲiːtʲɪ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtei (“to chase”). Cognate with Latvian vît (“to subject”), Proto-Slavic *povinǫti (“to subordinate, subdue”) (whence Russian повинова́ться (povinovátʹsja, “to obey”), which was borrowed from Old Church Slavonic повинѫти (povinǫti, “to subject”)).[1]
Verb
výti (third-person present tense vẽja, third-person past tense vìjo)
- to drive away
- to chase, pursue
Declension
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtei (“to twist”). Cognate with Latvian vît (“to twist”), Proto-Slavic *vìti (“to bend, twist”).[2]
Verb
výti (third-person present tense vẽja, third-person past tense vìjo)
- to twist, wind
Declension
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508