ganyti

Pronunciation: [ɡɐ¹ˈnʲiːtʲɪ]

“ganyti” is a Lithuanian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

to herd, to drive
to feed, to let eat, to graze, to pasture
to take care of, to look after, to supervise, to attend
to guide along the path of faith

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gánīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-, *gʷʰon- (“to strike, to slay”); See also Latvian ganît (“to herd”), Proto-Slavic *gonìti (“to chase”), Russian гони́ть (gonítʹ, “to persecute”), Polish gonić (“to chase”); also Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō, “to kill”), Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti, “to slay”). Related to giñti (“to herd, to drive”); see for more.

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