Latvian edit

Etymology edit

A word coined in the second half of the 19th century by Kaspars Biezbārdis, probably from the same stem as klaudz(ēt) (to knock, to bang), as a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). It was not really accepted. A. Kronvalds' coinage līdzskanis became more popular and replaced other competing terms by the beginning of the 20th century.[1]

Noun edit

klaudzis m (2nd declension)

  1. (obsolete term) consonant

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “līdzskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN