Minkus

Cf. Mi̇̀nka (see). The origin is not entirely clear. It is possible that the gender Miñkus or similar. can be from compound personal nouns whose second case is kant-, kint-, etc., cf. Mi̇̀nkantas ¹. However, perhaps more often Miñkus can be derived from Dominỹko, cf. German Minkus: Dominicus ², or from some other personal name, cf. polish Minko, Mińko, Minek: Michał (SSNO III 517), bRuss. Miнкo, Мiнкoў, Miнкiн: Мина ³.