Dauskurdas
DAŨSKURDAS
Etymology
Cf. Daũ-skartas, Daũ-skartas, Daũ-skortas, Daũg-kurdis, Daũk-kurdos, Daũ-kurdis, Dau-skur̃dis, Daũ-kurtas, Dav-skortas (see). Compound surnames. For many - see Daũbar. The origin of the second Sands -skardas, -skartas (-skortas), -skurdas (-skurdas), -skurtas is not entirely clear. However, it can be suspected that all of them may be later reworkings from the base stem skvard-, cf. lit. Skurdẽlis, Skurdẽnis (see), OPr. Schurdeyke, Scurdenne ¹, jotv. Scurdo ².
Feminine FORMS
Dauskurdienė / Dauskurdaitė
Pronunciation
/²ˈdɒʊˑskʊrdɐs/
SEE ALSO
SOURCES
1. R. Trautmann, 1925, p. 95.
2. K. Būga, 1961, p. 141.