kedėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kedh₂- (“to split, scatter”); Smoczynski compares Ancient Greek σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi, “to scatter, disperse”) and Albanian çaj (“to split, cleave”).^[1] However, Beekes rejects the cognacy with the Greek, due to the semantic links being tenuous.^[2] That said, Beekes appears to claim so based on kedė́ti being cognate with kedi̇̀nti (“to tug, pluck”), which does not necessarily invalidate Smoczynski's derivation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʲɛˈdʲæːtʲɪ/

Verb

kedė́ti (third-person present tense kẽda, third-person past tense kedė́jo)

to burst

Conjugation

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References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kedė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 269
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκεδάννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1344-5

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kedė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 269

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκεδάννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1344-5

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