žinoti

Etymology
From, alternative form of ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from , from. The Baltic words are from the nasal-infixed present,, while the Slavic forms are from the aorist,. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

In view of the present tense and derivatives, the verb was apparently later reanalysed as containing the verbal suffix.

Verb

 * 1) to know be aware of; sure of
 * Žinaũ, . – I know what you're thinking
 * ,   žinotinas,   . – Unfortunately, by no means does everyone need to know the crux of the matter.