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rasti

Pronunciation: /ˈrɐsʲ.tʲɪ/

“rasti” is a Lithuanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. find, discover
  2. acquire, get

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rad-; compare Latvian rast. Can be connected with Proto-Slavic *rodìti (“give birth”); compare the reflexive, rastis (“appear, arise”). Related to rasmė (“yield, harvest”). There are two conflicting etymologies of this root. The first connects it with Proto-Germanic *rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”); cf. ródyti. The second is a derivation from…

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