dalgis

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Lithuanian

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Dalgis

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰ-. Cognate with Latvian dalgs (scythe), Old Prussian doalgis (scythe) and possibly Proto-Slavic *dolga (splint). Further related to Old Norse telgja (to cut, carve) and Catalan dalla (scythe).

Noun

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dal̃gis m (plural dal̃giai) stress pattern 2

  1. scythe

Declension

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dalgis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113