skandinieks

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A term coined at the end of the 18th century by Gotthard Friedrich Stender from skandin(āt) (to sound, to resound) +‎ -nieks, which was later replaced by A. Kronvalds' coinage patskanis.[1]

Noun[edit]

skandinieks m (1st declension)

  1. (obsolete term) vowel

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN