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tiesti

“tiesti” is a Lithuanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stretch
  2. to straighten
  3. to lead (a road, etc.)
  4. to lay (a bridge, etc.)
  5. to spread (a table)

Etymology

Smoczynski tentatively connects the word to tesė́ti (“to keep up with work; to suffice”), and leaves the further origin of both open. A connection to Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create; to cut”) seems semantically feasible. Note also similarities in form and meaning to tę̃sti (“to continue, extend”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch”).

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