Dzinga
DZÌNGA
Etymology
Perhaps irregularly (through dzūks?) from *Dinga, cf. Dingatis ¹, OPr. Dynge, Dyngele, Dinget, Dingone ², Dingot, Dyngun ³, Polish. Dyng (SSNO I 548), Dyng < German. (?) Ding ⁴, German. Dinge ⁵, Dinges: Dionysius (ibid).
Feminine FORMS
Dzingienė / Dzingaitė
Pronunciation
/¹ˈd͡zʲɪŋɡɐ/
SOURCES
1. V. Kalvaitis, 1910, p. 9.
2. R. Trautmann, 1925, p. 24.
3. ibid., 25.
4. S. Rospond, 1967, p. 226.
5. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 234.