gervė
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀ(ō)was, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely; crane”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *žeravъ (“crane (bird)”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gérvė f (plural gérvės) stress pattern 4
- crane (bird)
Declension
[edit]This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-3