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Krumas

KRÙMAS

Etymology

Often, apparently, from *Krūmas (pronounced Krū́mas in Tirkšlii), cf. Latin Shrubs ¹. Perhaps in that case we could relate to Lieut. bush „į medį panašus augalas, kurio šakos eina nuo pat žemės“ (LKŽ VI 697), Latv. krũms „idem“ (LVV II 292). But cf. German Krum, Krumm ², Krummes: Hieronymus ³.

Feminine FORMS

Krumienė / Krumaitė

Pronunciation

/ˈkrʊmɐs/

SOURCES

1. LAG 19, 140, 282, etc..

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 387.

3. ibid., 329.