putytis

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *put- (“small/young animal, bird”), cognate with Latvian putns (see there for more) and Old East Slavic пътица (pŭtica), Old Church Slavonic пътица (pŭtica) (< Proto-Slavic *pъtìca). Further potentially related to Sanskrit पोत (pota, “the young of an animal”) via Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“little; young; offspring”).

Noun

putýtis ?

  1. young bird
  2. young animal
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