Where does “įkalbėti” come from?
įkalbėti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian kalbėti, from Lithuanian kalba, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
įkalbėti (Lithuanian): to persuade, to encourage, to talk someone into
Definitions
- to persuade, to encourage, to talk someone into
Ancestry of “įkalbėti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | kalbėti | to speak |
| 2 | Lithuanian | kalba | language; speech; vocative singular of kalba |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |