tankus
See also: tankūs
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to pull together, coagulate, solidify, compact”). Cognate with Persian تنجیدن (tanjidan, “to squeeze, twist”), Old Armenian թանձր (tʻanjr, “thick, dense”), English tight, Old Norse þéttr (“close, thick”), Old Irish técht (“solidified”), Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, “to contract, coagulate”),[1] and perhaps Hittite [script needed] (tamekzi, “attaches”).[2]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittánkus m (feminine tánki, neuter tanku) stress pattern 3
- thick; dense
- (of multiple objects, such as trees) close together
- (of footsteps, speech, etc.) quick, speedy
Declension
editNon-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of tankus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of tankus
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tánkus”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 659