šieti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Smoczynski marks the word's origin as unknown. Note, however, a strong phonetic and semantic resemblance to Proto-Indo-European *ḱey(h₂)- (“to start to move”), in which case compare Latin cieō (“to set in motion, invoke”) and Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion”) (whence Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie, kino”)).

Verb

šiẽti (third-person present tense šiẽja, third-person past tense šiẽjo)

1. to stick in, to drive in (a splinter, etc.)

Conjugation

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