stingti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Apparently from the zero-grade of sténgti (“to make an effort”);^[1] however, the semantic connection is obscure.^[2] Cognate with Latvian stiñgt (“to stiffen, congeal”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

stìngti (third-person present tense stìngsta, third-person past tense stìngo)

to harden, stiffen
to freeze, congeal

Conjugation

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References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sténgti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 601
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “stingti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sténgti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 601

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “stingti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428

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