iet

Pronunciation: [iɛ̂t]

“iet” is a Latvian word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

to go, to walk (to displace oneself by walking)
to leave, to go away
to go somewhere, for a purpose, on foot or in a vehicle
to go with a vehicle
to go somewhere regularly, to do something
to go forward in some direction
to go, to move so as to go
to go, to fly, to swim
used to reinforce the meaning of a verb; to go (do something)
to go, to move; (syn. aiziet) to depart
to go, to move, to be in motion
to run, to work
to go, to go by, to pass, to go on
to go (to move, to happen in a certain way)
to go, to be assigned to (a purpose, a goal), to have a certain fate
to go, to become (in a certain way)
to go (to be disposed via, to be realized)
to go, to be placed in, to fit
to go, to be sent
to go, to spread, to become known

Etymology

The infinitive and present tense forms come from Proto-Baltic *eitei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (the old athematic present tense forms *eimu, *iemu, etc. were lost and replaced with new forms derived directly from *h₁ey-). The past tense forms come from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to come”), from which also Lithuanian góti (“to go quickly”), English come).

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