Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀdā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (to rule), compare Latvian vàldît, Proto-Slavic *volděti, Proto-Germanic *waldaną.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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valdýti (third-person present tense val̃do, third-person past tense val̃dė)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to rule
  2. (transitive) to control

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “valdyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 485-6