rūpėti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *rūp-, an extended zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (to pull, to tear, to break).[1][2] The sense development would be "to tear, break" > "to emotionally break" > "to worry" > "to care, concern"; a semantic parallel is found in Polish troska (care, worry), from Proto-Slavic *troska (chip, splinter) (the latter denoting a result of breaking).[3] Cognate with Latvian rūpēt; see Latvian rūpe for more.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rūpė́ti (third-person present tense rū̃pi, third-person past tense rūpė́jo)

  1. to concern
    Viskas tau rūpi...
    It seems everything concerns you.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “raupaĩ”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 504
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “868-71”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 868-71
  3. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “rūpė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 525