Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *krauˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (to pile, cover). Cognate with Latvian kŗaut (to heap, pile), Proto-Slavic *krỳti (to cover); outside of Balto-Slavic, compare also Proto-Germanic *hreudaną (to cover).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kráuti (third-person present tense kráuna, third-person past tense króvė)

  1. to heap; to pile

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “krauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256