Lithuanian besti

← Proto-Balto-Slavic *bed- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰh₂- (mention)

← Latin fodio (cognate)

← Lithuanian ine-bsl-pro (mention)

← Latvian best (cognate)

← Old Prussian embaddusisi (cognate)

← Proto-Slavic *bosti (cognate)