tikėti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Traditionally considered a derivative of tikti (to fit, suit); however, newer theories implicitly reject this hypothesis and instead compare the word to Proto-Germanic *þingjaną (to believe), whence Middle High German dingen (id).[1] In either case, tikti is still probably related. Compare Latvian ticēt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʲɪˈkʲeːtʲɪ/

Verb

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tikė́ti (third-person present tense tìki, third-person past tense tikė́jo)

  1. to believe[2]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “tikėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465
  2. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN