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Krislauskas

KRISLÁUSKAS

Etymology

It can also be glorified from lit. *Krislius or similar, cf. lit. kri̇̀slas „mažytė ko nors dalelė, šapas, trupinys“ (LKŽ VI 620), Latv. will fall „idem“ (LVV II 280). However, most likely the root krisl- is from some baptismal name, cf. German Krischl, Krischle: Christianus ¹, Polish. Krzyśla: Krzysztoffor ².

Feminine FORMS

Krislauskienė / Krislauskaitė

Pronunciation

/krʲɪ¹ˈslɑˑʊskɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 219.

2. S. Rospond, 1973, p. 424.