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Brūzga

BRŪZGÀ

Etymology

Next to lit. surn. with long ū in the root ¹ we have more examples, sometimes from the same or close places, with short u: Brùzgas, Bruzgelẽvičius, Bruzgẽvičius, Brùzgis, Bruzgỹs, Bruzgùlis (see), cf. Bruzgatis, Bruzgila, Bruzgys ², Latv. Bruzgas village, Bruzguļi village ³. It is the same with common words, cf. brūzgỹnė and brūzgỹnėūžlė (toks žaislas)“ (LKŽ I 1100), brūzgētišnarėti, brazdėti“ and brūzgētitarškėti, brazdėti“ (ibid.), brūzgīišbėrimas, smulkūs spuogai; niežas“ and brūzgīnusproginėjimas, suplyšimas“ (ibid.), etc. i.e. Etymologically, these etc. appellatives are related ⁴. So surnames with bruzg- and bruzg- are apparently etymologically inseparable, but with which lit. in general terms they are connected, now it is not entirely clear. It is possible that not all of these surn. have exactly the same semantics. In addition to the above-mentioned appellatives, cf. lit. scratch „vikrus, miklus, greitas“ (LKŽ I 1103), scratch „suveltų vilnų gumulas“ (LKŽ I 1101), scratch „greitakalbis“ (ibid), scratch „pagalys, šakalys; velkė and others“ (ibid).

Feminine FORMS

Brūzgienė / Brūzgaitė

Pronunciation

/bruːˈzɡɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. Brūzgà, Brūzgė̃, Brūzgelẽvičius, Brūzgỹs, Brū́zgulis - see.

2. V. Kalvaitis, 1910, p. 8.

3. J. Endzelīns, 1956, p. 135.

4. E. Fraenkel, 1962, pp. 57, 61.