skanis
Latvian
editEtymology
editA 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
editskanis f (4th declension)
Declension
editDeclension of skanis (2nd declension)
Synonyms
edit- patskanis
- vokālis
- (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skandinieks
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN