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Germanas

GÉRMANAS

Etymology

Cf. Latin Ģērmanis ¹, Gērmans ², Ģermāns ³, Germans ⁴. From German Gehrmann, Germann ⁵, Hermann, Heermann ⁶, cf. polish German (SSNO II 101), Herman ⁷.

Feminine FORMS

Germanienė / Germanaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈɡʲæˑrmɐnɐs/

SOURCES

1. LAG 43, 61, 70, etc..

2. ibid., 207, 215, 377.

3. ibid., 166.

4. ibid., 34.

5. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 286.

6. ibid., 321.

7. ibid., 294.