Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *k⁽ʷ⁾sewbʰ- (to shake). Cognate with Latvian skubrs (hasty), as well as dialectal Lithuanian skubrùs (lively); outside of Baltic, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (to push, drive), Proto-Slavic *skuti (to pluck), Sanskrit क्षुभ् (kṣubh, to shake).[1]

Adjective edit

skubùs m (feminine skubì) stress pattern 4

  1. urgent
  2. hurried

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “skubus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410