usnis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Lithuanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Latvian usna (“thistle”) and probably with dialectal Proto-Slavic *ušь (“carduoid”) (whence Old East Slavic оушь (ušĭ)).
Further origin uncertain. Possibly derived from the oblique ablaut-grade of Proto-Indo-European *wósHr̥ ~ *usHén-, whence Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa, “onion”), Latin ūniō (“onion”).
Noun[edit]
usnìs f stress pattern 4 or ùsnis m stress pattern 2
Alternative forms[edit]
- usnė f
References[edit]
- “usnis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- “usnis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024