Doda
DODÀ
Etymology
Perhaps a nickname from lit. dodà „plepys, tarškalas“ (LKŽ II 603), cf. add „niekus kalbėti, plepėti“ (ibid.). However, other connections are also possible, cf. polish Doda, Dodek ¹, Dodo (SSNO I 497), German. Dod, Doodt, etc. ², bRuss. Дoдзь, Дoдзiн, Russian. Дoдин ³.
Feminine FORMS
Dodienė / Dodaitė
Pronunciation
/doːˈdɐ/
SOURCES
1. S. Rospond, 1967, p. 194.
2. M. Gottschald, 509 1954, p, 232.
3. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 133.