verslas

Lithuanian

Etymology

According to Fraenkel, from the same root as versti (to cause to fall; to convert), virsti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Noun

ver̃slas m (plural ver̃slai) stress pattern 2

  1. business (commercial or professional activity performed for profit)

Declension

Further reading

  • verslas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “ver̃slas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1227
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