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Melkis

MELKIS

Etymology

From Latv. Meļķis ¹, cf. German < column Melke ², Polish. Mielko (SSNO III 472).

Feminine FORMS

Melkienė / Melkytė

Pronunciation

/mʲɛlʲkʲɪs/

SOURCES

1. LAG 57, 116, 131, etc..

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 432.