šaukti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of unclear origin.
Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“to shout?”), attested only in Baltic.
Alternatively, an iterative form of an unattested *šaukýti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱowk-éye-,[1] which could trace back to *ḱewk- (“white, shining”) and thus be cognate with Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn, suffer”), Sanskrit शुच् (śuc, “to shine, suffer”). For a similar semantic association between calling and brightness, note Latin clārus (“clear, bright”), from *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).
Another theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *kew- (“to howl, scream”), see also Proto-Slavic *kukati (“to howl, lament”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]šaũkti (third-person present tense šaũkia, third-person past tense šaũkė)
Conjugation
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References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “šaũkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 626