gaidīt

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaid-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-, see also Lithuanian geĩsti (desire), Old Prussian gēide (they are waiting), German Geiz (stinginess).

Verb

gaidīt (?? missing information, 3rd conjugation, present gaidu, gaidi, gaida, past gaidīju)

  1. to wait
  2. to await
  3. to expect
  4. to anticipate
  5. to foresee
  6. to look forward to

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 565
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ждать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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