smėlis

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to mill, grind), similar to malti (to grind).[1]

Noun

smė̃lis m stress pattern 2

  1. sand[2]

Declension

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “716-19”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716-19
  2. Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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