Where does “pagauti” come from?
pagauti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian gauti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷewH- — to gain.
pagauti (Lithuanian): to catch
Ancestry of “pagauti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | gauti | to get |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷewH- | to gain |