linksmas
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Latvian līksms (“cheerful”). From Proto-Baltic *linksma-, from Proto-Indo-European *ln̥k-smo-.
Related to Lithuanian linkėti (“wish”), which derives from the same root as Lithuanian linkti (“bow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“bend”).[1] Perhaps bowing was a way of expressing one's best wishes,[2] and from that point the evolution of meanings was 'wished' → 'acceptable' → 'pleasant' → 'joyful'.[1]
Adjective edit
linksmas m (feminine linksma)
Declension edit
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of linksmas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of linksmas
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “linksmas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Jurij S. Stepanov (1992 January 31) “Lexical entries in major sentence types of Proto-Indo-European”, in Reconstructing Languages and Cultures, 181: “ , page e.g. linké̇ti, linki, 'Somebody bows, expressing his best wishes'”