Kryžius

Cf. Cross, Cross (see). Next, perhaps it is connected with the lit. cross „stiebas su skersiniu viršutiniame gale“ (LKŽ VI 672). But cf. polish Krzyż (SSNO III 179), bRuss. Кpыж ¹, ex. East Prussian Kri̇̀žas < Kristijõnas. See also Crisis.