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Kistaitis

KISTAITIS

Etymology

Cf. Chest (see). It is possible that the root kist- is borrowed, cf. German Kist, Kiste ¹, Kistein, Kistel: Christianus ².

Feminine FORMS

Kistaitienė / Kistaitytė

Pronunciation

/kʲɪstɐɪtʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 369.

2. ibid., 220.