berti

See also: Berti

Italian

Verb

berti

1. second-person singular infinitive of bersi

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry”). Akin to Latvian bḕrt, Old High German beran (“carry”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan), Latin ferre, Ancient Greek φέρειν (phérein), Russian беременная (beremennaja, “pregnant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲæːɾʲtʲɪ]

Verb

ber̃ti (third-person present tense bẽria, third-person past tense bė̃rė)

1. strew; scatter
2. shed (tears)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015), “berti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88