Biksas
BÌKSAS
Etymology
Cf. Latin surn. Biks (LAG 207), Biksis ¹, Bikss (RTAS 76), Biksas k., Bikses k. J. Endzelynas connects the names of these villages with Latv. bikses „primulė; die Schlüsselblume, Frühlingspriemel; primula officinalis“ ² < German. büxen (LVV I 295). However, Lieut. surn. Bi̇̀ksas and Latv. Biks, Biksis can be reworked and simply from some German pers.n., cf. German Büchse, Büxenstein, Bixner ³ etc.
Feminine FORMS
Biksienė / Biksaitė
Pronunciation
/ˈbʲɪksɐs/
SOURCES
1. ibid., 79.
2. J. Endzelīns, 1956, p. 109.
3. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 213.