Where does “neturėti” come from?
neturėti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian turėti, from Proto-Baltic *turētei, from Proto-Indo-European *turH-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
Ancestry of “neturėti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | turėti | to have |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | *turētei | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *turH-yé-ti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |