Didvalis
DÌDVALIS
Etymology
Perhaps one can think of a connection with Lieut. didvălis „kas didelės valios“ (LKŽ II 487). But there can also be reworkings from some German personal name, cf. German Thutewohl > mnd. *Dietwohl and so on. ¹.
Feminine FORMS
Didvalienė / Didvalytė
Pronunciation
/ˈdʲɪdʋɐlʲɪs/
SOURCES
1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 230, 232.