Lemizh / English dictionary

dàxt.

dat: must, have to do something-acc;
to command, order, tell someone-dat to do something-acc (see unit 13, Overview of the modals);
ben: to need something-acc from someone-dat

dÌxt. necessary; necessity, duty

Etymology

< NLem, LMLem, MLem daxt‑a
< OLem daçt‑
< PLem *daçs‑ ‘be capable, be suitable’, root present of
< PIE *dek̑s‑

The similarity with làxt. ‘want’ is pure coincidence.

Cognates

Ved dákṣate ‘is of use, is able’