skanis
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A term coined in 1869 by Kaspars Biezbārdis, from the stem of skanēt (“to sound”) (q.v.; see also skaņa (“sound”)), and later replaced by A. Kronvalds coinage patskanis.[1]
Noun
[edit]skanis f (4th declension)
Declension
[edit]Declension of skanis (2nd declension)
Synonyms
[edit]- patskanis
- vokālis
- (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skandinieks
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN