šokti

Lithuanian

Cognate with Latvian sākt (“to begin, to start”), with further origin unclear. The traditional connection to Ancient Greek κηκῐ́ς (kēkĭ́s, “ooze”) is rejected by Beekes (see there for more).^[1] Otherwise, frequently connected with Old Church Slavonic скакати, скачѫ (skakati, skačǫ, “hop, jump”), скочити (skočiti, “jump, leap”), Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“spring up, emerge”). If so, we could be looking at a Proto-Indo-European s-mobile *(s)ḱeh₂k-, *(s)ḱoh₂k-,^[2] with the palatovelar present in the Baltic forms (< *śoˀk-) being neutralised after s in Slavic (< *skoˀk-).

šókti (third-person present tense šóka, third-person past tense šóko)

jump, leap
Aukštai šokdamas, paliko kelnes — Making a high jump he has left the pants down.
hop, skip (move by jumping)
Žiógas šóka per̃ pievẽlę - A grasshopper is hopping across the lawn.
run about, work a lot; (with apiẽ + accusative) fuss, pander to someone's needs
spring up, appear suddenly; act, set about suddenly
Vė́jas šóko šakosè ir̃ mė́tė lapùs añt žẽmės. - The wind gushed through the branches, throwing leaves to the ground.

Pamãtę patrùlinį automobi̇̀lį, visi̇̀ šóko bė̃gti. - When they saw the patrol car, they all broke into a run.
dance (move in rhythm to music)

Conjugation of *šokti*
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
		singular vienaskaita			plural daugiskaita
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	šóku	šóki	šóka	šókame, šókam	šókate, šókat	šóka
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	šókau	šókai	šóko	šókome, šókom	šókote, šókot	šóko
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	šókdavau	šókdavai	šókdavo	šókdavome, šókdavom	šókdavote, šókdavot	šókdavo
	future būsimasis laikas	šóksiu	šóksi	šóks	šóksime, šóksim	šóksite, šóksit	šóks
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		šókčiau	šóktum, šóktumei	šóktų	šóktumėme, šóktumėm, šóktume	šóktumėte, šóktumėt	šóktų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	šók, šóki	tešóka, tešókie	šókime, šókim	šókite, šókit	tešóka, tešókie

Participles of šokti

prefixed forms of šokti

^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “šokti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
^ Miguel Villanueva Svensson (2009) 'Indo-European *sk̑ in Balto-Slavic languages', Baltistica, Volume XLIV(1), pages 5–24