Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Along with magėti (to please, interest), from Proto-Baltic *mog-, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (to be able). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *moťì (to be able).[1]

Verb

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mė́gti (third-person present tense mė́gsta, third-person past tense mė́go)

  1. to like

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-8; 310