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Nesuvaitis

NESUVÁITIS

Etymology

Most likely, the suffix -aitis is a derivative of the u-stem personal name *Nesus or something like thimm. ¹. Then for *Nesus cf. German Neβ, Nees: Agnes ².

Feminine FORMS

Nesuvaitienė / Nesuvaitytė

Pronunciation

/nʲɛsʊ¹ˈʋɑˑɪtʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. for such derivatives, see Bliūdžiuvaitis.

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 163.