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Where does “gaus” come from?

gaus (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian gauti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷewH- — to gain.

gaus (Lithuanian): third-person singular future of gauti;...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular future of gauti;...

Ancestry of “gaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniangautito get
2Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷewH-to gain
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