Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hungruz (hunger), as well as perhaps Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, bad)[1] and Sanskrit काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati, he wishes, desires).[2]

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Verb

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keñkti (third-person present tense keñkia, third-person past tense keñkė) [3][4][5]

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to do harm
    keñkti sveikãtai - to affect health

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(Nouns)

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kenkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “565”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 565
  3. ^ kenkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  4. ^ “kenkti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  5. ^ “kenkti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN