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Pekas

PEKAS

Etymology

Cf. Pė́kis, Pekỹs, Pė̃kus and Piẽkas (see). Further, cf. Latin Peka, Pēka, Pieka ¹, Pēķis ², Piekus ³, Pēks ⁴, German. Peck ⁵, Pech, Peck, Pee(c)k ⁶. It is believed to be a form of the baptismal name Pẽtras ⁷.

Feminine FORMS

Pekienė / Pekaitė

Pronunciation

/pʲɛkɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. B. Cталтмане, 1981, с. 116.

2. ibid., 146.

3. ibid., 215.

4. ibid., 174.

5. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 461.

6. H. Bahlow, 1967, p. 375.

7. see M. Gottschald, ibid.; H. Bahlow, ibid.; Z. Zinkevičius, 1977, p. 69.