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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iˀst-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂id-st(h₂)-es-. Cognate with Latvian ikstis (kidneys), Old Prussian inxcze (kidney), Proto-Slavic *jьsto (id) (whence Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, kidney; entrails)), Proto-Germanic *aistô (testicle); see the Proto-Germanic for more regarding the root's formation.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìnkstas m (plural ìnkstai) stress pattern 1[2]

  1. (anatomy) kidney[3]

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Idioms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “inkstas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
  2. 2.0 2.1 “inkstas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ “inkstas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN