Where does “perkalbėti” come from?
perkalbėti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian per, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
perkalbėti (Lithuanian): to make someone change their mind; to...
Definitions
- to make someone change their mind; to...
Ancestry of “perkalbėti”, step by step
perkalbėti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lithuanian per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | per | through; during |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Lithuanian kalbėti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | kalbėti | to speak |
| 2 | Lithuanian | kalba | language; speech; vocative singular of kalba |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |