Liknis
LIKNIS
Etymology
Perhaps with the suffix -nis it is made from li̇̀kti „niekur neiti, nevykti“, to stay (LKŽ VII 497-512), cf. bar̃nis: to beat, kaũnis: to beat, etc. ¹.
Feminine FORMS
Liknienė / Liknytė
Pronunciation
/lʲɪknʲɪs/
SOURCES
1. see V. Urbutis, 1965, p. 301.