Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwēistei, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwḗyt-ti ~ *ḱwéyt-n̥ti, from *ḱweyt- (to shine).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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šviẽsti (third-person present tense šviẽčia, third-person past tense šviẽtė)

  1. to shine, emit light

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “šviesti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456