langas
Lithuanian
Langai
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian logs, Old Prussian lanxto; further origin outside of Baltic unclear. Buck and Fraenkel suggest a derivation from lingúoti (“to rock”), referring originally to swinging windows (that is, windows whose panes swing in and out to open)[1][2] while Smoczynski suggests a derivation from lañkas (“bow”), owing to the semicircular shape of a bow resembling that of many windows.[3]
Declension
Declension of lángas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lángas | langaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lángo | langų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | lángui | langáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lángą | lángus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lángu | langaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | langè | languosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lánge | langaĩ |
References
- “langas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “langas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “lángas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 339
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “lángas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, pages 335-6
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