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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.