paukštis
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
2=pewtPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-, *pout-; compare Latvian putns < *put-inas (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian dialectal pùtinas (“rooster”)); Proto-Slavic *pъtákъ. The Lithuanian form can be explained as o-grade *pout- + -tis, with a prothetic -k-. For similar examples, compare šaukštas (“spoon”) < *šaud-tas, krikstas (“baptism”) < *krist-, pūkšlė (“hives”) < *pūt-slė.
A connection with Proto-Indo-European *put- (“child, young”); compare Latin putus (“boy”), Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá-, “son, young of an animal”), पोत (póta, “young of an animal”), Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puϑra-, “son”); means that the Balto-Slavic term must originally have meant "chick", compare dialectal paũtas (“egg”), putýtis (“chick”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
paũkštis m (plural paũkščiai) stress pattern 2
- bird (any animal of the subclass (formerlyy usually class) Aves)
- (colloquial) a cunning, untrustworthy person
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (1990) 'Etimologijos pastabos' [Notes on Etymology], Baltistica, Volume 26, No. 2, pages 163-164.