kirpti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”), a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, chop”). Cognate with Latvian cìrpt (“to shave”), Serbo-Croatian crpsti (“to pump, exploit”), Latin carpo (“to seize”), and, from *(s)ker-, a multitude of other derivatives.

Verb

kirpti (third-person present tense kirpa, third-person past tense kirpo)

to cut, chop

Derived terms

kirpimas (“haircut”)

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