ganyti

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

ganýti (third-person present tense gãno, third-person past tense gãnė)

1. (transitive, of animals) to herd, drive
2. (transitive, of animals) feed, let eat, graze, pasture
3. (transitive) take care of, look after, supervise, attend
4. (transitive, religion) guide along the path of faith

• ginti
• genėti
• genys
• (possibly) ganėti, gana