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Dalgeda

DALGEDA

Etymology

Cf. Dal-gė́da, Dal-gieda, Del-geda (see). Most likely, compound surnames, where the second consonants of the last two, gėd-, gied-, are apparently secondary ¹ from ged-. For part- cf. Dál-mantas, Dol̃-mantas, Dol̃-montas (see). Sando's origin is unclear. For ged- see Gẽdgaudas.

Feminine FORMS

Dalgedienė / Dalgedaitė

Pronunciation

/dɐlʲɡʲɛdɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. perhaps due to the analogy of the words gė́da, giedóti, etc..