Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaid-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-, see also Lithuanian geĩsti (desire), Old Prussian gēide (they are waiting), German Geiz (stinginess).

Verb edit

gaidīt (?? missing information, 3rd conjugation, present gaidu, gaidi, gaida, past gaidīju)

  1. to wait
  2. to await
  3. to expect
  4. to anticipate
  5. to foresee
  6. to look forward to

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 565
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ждать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress