skanus
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See also: skaņus
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]skanus m
- (dialectal) accusative plural of skans
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic *skan-; cognate with Latvian skans (“sour”)[1] and possibly Old Prussian stanulonx (“red-flowered scallion known for its pungent taste”), the latter which is probably a mistranscription or other such corruption of an unattested *scanulonx.[2] Further origin unclear; the word may be derived from the same paradigm as ski̇̀nti (“to pluck, pick (fruit, herbs, etc.)”),[1] but the semantic shifts required for this are non-trivial.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]skanùs m (feminine skani̇̀, neuter skanù) stress pattern 4
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- skonis (“taste”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “skanùs”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 555
- ^ “skanus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012