baidyti

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • baidìnti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéy(h₂)-dʰh₁-e-ti, from *bʰeyh₂- (to fear). Cognate with Latvian baĩdît (to frighten, scare), Old Prussian pobaiint (frighten).

Verb

baidýti (third-person present tense baĩdo, third-person past tense baĩdė)

  1. to frighten, scare

Conjugation

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “baidyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
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