kąsti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kanˀstei, related to Latvian kuôst (to bite), Proto-Slavic *kǫsati (to cut, to bite off).

Verb

ką́sti (third-person present tense kánda, third-person past tense kándo)

  1. to bite

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • antkąsti
  • apkąsti
  • atkąsti
  • įkąsti
  • iškąsti
  • nukąsti
  • pakąsti
  • perkąsti
  • prakąsti
  • prikąsti
  • sukąsti
  • užkąsti
  • kañdis (bite)
  • kandìs (moth)
  • kandùs (biting, stinging)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “kąsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
  • kąsti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • kąsti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
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