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Dangėlaitis

DANGĖLÁITIS

Etymology

Suffixes -aitis derivative from *Dangėlius or the like, cf. Dangals, Dangelis ¹. In turn, pers.n. *Dangėlius, Dangals, Dangelis are Germanized genders of the name Daniẽlius, cf. German Dangel, Dengel, etc. ².

Feminine FORMS

Dangėlaitienė / Dangėlaitytė

Pronunciation

/dɐŋʲɡʲeː¹ˈlɑˑɪtʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. V. Kalvaitis, 1910, p. 9.

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 224.