Miškys

Cf. Mi̇̀škis, Miškus (see). There may be later reworkings from Meškỹs, Mẽškis (see). If genders with mišk- would turn out to be authentic, then one could suspect these surn. in the case of nicknames derived from lit. forest „giria“ (LKŽ VIII 288). However, a different origin is also possible, cf. polish Miszka, Myszka, Miszko, Miszek (SSNO III 531), BRuss. Miшкo, Miшкiн: Михаил ¹.