samanos
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editSeemingly formed as sam- + a pluralizing suffix -anos, similar to gárbanos (“curls”), plãskanos (“frizz”), strãzdanos (“freckles”), with further origin of the first component unknown.[1] Compare also Proto-Finnic *sammal (“moss”), which may be borrowed from Baltic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsãmanos f pl
Declension
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Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sãmanos”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 531