Where does “mėlyniauti” come from?

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

mėlyniauti (Lithuanian): to pick blueberries, to gather blueberries

Definitions

  1. to pick blueberries, to gather blueberries

Ancestry of “mėlyniauti”, step by step

mėlyniauti 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 mėlỹnė

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmėlỹnėblueberry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ew- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic au- →Every word from Lithuanian auti →