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Meaning & History
Basically has the (more or less) figurative meaning of "hear the people" or "the people hear (everything)", derived from Baltic tauta meaning "people, nation" (see Vytautas) combined with the Lithuanian noun girdas meaning "rumour", which is ultimately derived from the Lithuanian verb girdėti meaning "to hear". Also compare the related Lithuanian noun gandas meaning "rumour, hearsay".