Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰ-o-. Cognate with Latvian dȩ̀ds (old man), Proto-Slavic *dě̀dъ (grandfather), Ancient Greek τήθη (tḗthē, grandmother).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dė̃dė m (plural dė̃dės) stress pattern 2[2]

  1. uncle

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dėdė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118
  2. ^ dėdė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024