kedėti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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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 kedìnti (to tug, pluck), which does not necessarily invalidate Smoczynski's derivation.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /kʲɛˈdʲæːtʲɪ/

Verb

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

  1. to burst

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kedė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka 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