skanis
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)
Declension edit
Declension of skanis (2nd declension)
Synonyms edit
- patskanis
- vokālis
- (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skandinieks
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN