liesas
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editAccording to Kroonen, from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, shared with Old English læs (“less”).[1] This is also supported by Pokorny.[2]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlíesas m (feminine liesà, neuter líesa) stress pattern 1
Declension
editNon-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of liesas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of liesas
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “661-62”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 661-62