gauti

See also: Gauti

Lithuanian

Of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gáuˀtei, *gū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew(H)- (“to gain”). Cognate with Latvian gaut, gūt (“to catch, gain”), Old Prussian pogaūt (“to receive”), and (per Trubačev) Proto-Slavic *gyti, *guviti (“to acquire”).^[1] Outside of Balto-Slavic, likely related to Avestan 𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (gūnaoⁱti, “to supply”), 𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬌 (gūnaoti, “to increase”).^[2] Derksen instead prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃- (“to feed, tend”) and compares Ancient Greek βόσκω (bóskō, “id”).^[3]

Tentatively further compared with Proto-Celtic *boudi (“booty, loot”), of disputed origin.

gáuti (third-person present tense gáuna, third-person past tense gãvo)^[4]^[5]

Conjugation of *gauti*
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
		singular vienaskaita			plural daugiskaita
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	gáunu	gáuni	gáuna	gáuname, gáunam	gáunate, gáunat	gáuna
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	gavaũ	gavai̇̃	gãvo	gãvome, gãvom	gãvote, gãvot	gãvo
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	gáudavau	gáudavai	gáudavo	gáudavome, gáudavom	gáudavote, gáudavot	gáudavo
	future būsimasis laikas	gáusiu	gáusi	gáus	gáusime, gáusim	gáusite, gáusit	gáus
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		gáučiau	gáutum	gáutų	gáutumėme, gáutumėm, gáutume	gáutumėte, gáutumėt	gáutų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	gáuk, gáuki	tegáuna	gáukime, gáukim	gáukite, gáukit	tegáuna

Participles of gauti

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*guviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 180
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gou̯ǝ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 403-404
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
^ “gauti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
^ “gauti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025