dzīt
Latvian
verb
Definitions
- to lead, to drive to make (animals, people, etc.) go faster, or in a certain direction
- (of objects) to push, to pull, so as to make (something) move in a certain direction
- (of inanimate beings) to move, to drive, to propel to make a vehicle move
- (usually together with m) to send (something) away; to make (something) disappear
- to make (someone) do something; to make someone do something (e.g., work) at full capacity
- (colloquial) to drive them at full speed
- to chase to run after, e.g., an animal, during a hunt, so as to make sure it goes in a certain direction
- to chase to follow, to try to find, especially in a hunt
- to drive to force something into something else, usually with physical strength
- to drive, to clear to make (a path, a furrow) in a certain direction, usually via hard work
- to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
- (usually third person) to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their body
- (colloquial) to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰen-
Gloss
kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- manifestly English
- offend English
- defendo Latin
- dēfendō Latin
- festinus Latin
- infesto Latin
- infestus Latin
- manifestare Latin
- manifestatio Latin
- manifestatus Latin
- manifesto Latin
- manifestus Latin
- manifestō Latin
- offendo Latin
- offensa Latin
- īnfestō Latin
- вогнать Russian
- выгнать Russian
- гнать Russian
- гнаться Russian
- гончий Russian
- догнать Russian
- загнать Russian
- изгнать Russian
- нагнать Russian
- обогнать Russian
- отогнать Russian
- перегнать Russian
- погнать Russian
- подогнать Russian
- пригнать Russian
- прогнать Russian
- разогнать Russian
- согнать Russian
- угнать Russian
- θείνω Ancient Greek
- κατέπεφνον Ancient Greek
- νηττοφόνος Ancient Greek
- παιδοφόνος Ancient Greek
- φασσοφόνος Ancient Greek
- φονεύς Ancient Greek
- φονοκτόνος Ancient Greek
- φόνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδροφόνος Ancient Greek
- ἀργεϊφόντης Ancient Greek
- ἔπεφνον Ancient Greek
- *bʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen-, *gʷʰon- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-(n)i- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰon-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰénti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰéntis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰónos Proto-Indo-European
- *banjō Proto-Germanic
- *banô Proto-Germanic
- *banō Proto-Germanic
- *brōþurbanô Proto-Germanic
- *gandaz Proto-Germanic
- *gunþiz Proto-Germanic
- gnanie Polish
- gnać Polish
- gonić Polish
- wygnać Polish
- घन Sanskrit
- सघन Sanskrit
- हन्ति Sanskrit
- gunne Middle English
- Gunnhildr Old Norse
- bana Old Norse
- banamaðr Old Norse
- gunnr Old Norse
- *gaňati Proto-Slavic
- *gъnati Proto-Slavic
- *gьnati Proto-Slavic
- *žęti Proto-Slavic
- hnát Czech
- gunnur Icelandic
- գան Armenian
- φονεύω Greek (modern)
- φόνος Greek (modern)
- dzinums Latvian
- dzīšana Latvian
- го́ня Bulgarian
- гоненица Bulgarian
- *gonô Proto-Celtic
- *gʷaneti Proto-Celtic
- гнати Ukrainian
- હણવું Gujarati
- *agʰnyáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- beniwunda Old Saxon
- гнаць Belarusian
- gnati Slovene
- ginti Lithuanian
- *źʰánti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀳𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- *gínˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ǰaθráH Proto-Iranian
- hṍ.ik Kalasha
- dēfensa la-lat