akstis

Lithuanian

Alternative forms
  • akštìs

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *akstis (*aštis?). Cognate with Latvian aksts (“prickle, sharp point”), Proto-Slavic *ostь.

Noun

akstìs f stress pattern 4

  1. spit, thorn, prick

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2015), “akstis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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