stingti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Apparently from the zero-grade of sténgti (“to make an effort”);[1] however, the semantic connection is obscure.[2] Cognate with Latvian stiñgt (“to stiffen, congeal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈs̪ʲt̪ʲɪ̂ŋʲ.kʲt̪ʲɪ]

Verb

sti̇̀ngti (third-person present tense sti̇̀ngsta, third-person past tense sti̇̀ngo)

  1. to harden, stiffen
  2. to freeze, congeal

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sténgti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 601
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “stingti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
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