vogti
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of uncertain origin. Has been linked to Latin vagus (“wandering, roaming”);[1] wandering vagrants were perhaps considered to be more likely to steal,[2] or perhaps the act of stealing could be viewed as a "wandering off" of goods.
The present-tense forms are from the o-grade stem vag-, while the non-present-tense forms are from the lengthened o-grade stem *wāg-.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]võgti (third-person present tense vãgia, third-person past tense võgė)
- to steal
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- vagi̇̀s (“thief”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “võgti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, pages 2235-6
- ^ “vogti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012