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Klinceris

KLÌNCERIS

Etymology

Cf. Kli̇̀ncar (see). Further, apparently, it is connected with Latv. Klincars ¹, whose origin is not entirely clear. Cf. (?) Latv. klince „nevikrus, nerangus, storas žmogus“ (LVV II 228). But it can also be a Germanism, cf. German Klenz, Klintzing, Glinz ², etc.

Feminine FORMS

Klincerienė / Klincerytė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈklʲɪnʲt͡sʲɛrʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. LAG 468, 478.

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 290.