Where does “braškiauti” come from?

braškiauti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian auti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic au-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ew- — to adorn, wear.

braškiauti (Lithuanian): to pick strawberries, to gather strawberries

Definitions

  1. to pick strawberries, to gather strawberries

Ancestry of “braškiauti”, step by step

braškiauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian auti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianautito put on footwear
2Proto-Balto-Slavicau-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ew-to adorn, wear

via Lithuanian brãškė

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianbrãškėstrawberry, garden strawberry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ew- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic au- →Every word from Lithuanian auti →