Baitis
BÁITIS
Etymology
Cf. Ave. pers.n. Baytike ¹, Baytite, Boytite (ibid.), Boytenne ², Beyta ³, Latv. Bei̇̃ta k., Bei̇̃te k., Bei̇̃tes k., Bei̇̃ti k., which J. Endzelynas ⁴ compares with OPr. surn. Beyta; cf. still in Latv. surn. Beite (RTAS 70). But cf. German pers.n. Beuth, Beuthe, Beute ⁵, Beit ⁶.
Feminine FORMS
Baitienė / Baitytė
Pronunciation
/¹ˈbɑˑɪtʲɪs/
SOURCES
1. R. Trautmann, 1925, p. 16.
2. ibid., 19.
3. G. Gerullis, 1922, p. 18.
4. 1956, p. 96.
5. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 191.
6. ibid., 195.