Latvian edit

Etymology edit

A term coined in 1869 by Kaspars Biezbārdis, from the stem of skanēt (to sound) (q.v.; see also skaņa (sound)), and later replaced by A. Kronvalds coinage patskanis.[1]

Noun edit

skanis f (4th declension)

  1. (obsolete term) vowel

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

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