Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Adjectival formation from the lengthened o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *skel- (to owe, be guilty). See also skolà (debt) and skõlinti (to lend, owe), from the same ablaut grade.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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skolìngas m

  1. indebted

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skelė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 557
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “skola”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 406