See also: klut

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Baltic *kļūti,[1] from *klʲū-, from the reduced grade *klʲū- of *klew-, *klū-, from the stem *kel- (to bend) (whence also kļaut (to hug, to press against one's heart) and kļūda (error, mistake)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljautei, from Proto-Indo-European *klewh₂-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (to beat, to stab).

The semantic change was probably “to bend, to be bent” > “to get stuck, to stay (somewhere)” > “to stay, get (somewhere)” > “to become.” Cognates include Lithuanian kliū́ti (to catch, to be caught, delayed; to undertake; to hit (target); to disturb, to be an obstacle; to obtain, to get, to reach) and Proto-Slavic *kľuti (to peck, to bite).

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Verb edit

kļūt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present kļūstu, kļūsti, kļūst, past kļuvu)

  1. to become

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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kļūt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN