Where does “eik” come from?
eik (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian eiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
eik (Lithuanian): second-person singular imperative of eiti; go!
Definitions
- second-person singular imperative of eiti; go!
Ancestry of “eik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | eiti | to go; to walk |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |