Petrukaitis
PETRUKÁITIS
Etymology
This surn. with the suffix -aitis formed from pers.n. Peter. The latter can be with the Lithuanian diminutive suffix -ukas formed from pers.n. Pẽtras or, in one other case, entirely borrowed from Slavic languages, cf. Russian Петpуха: Пётp ¹, Polish. Pietrucha, Piotrucha, Pietruka (SSNO IV 247), bRuss. Пятpук: Петp ².
Feminine FORMS
Petrukaitienė / Petrukaitytė
Pronunciation
/pʲɛtrʊ¹ˈkɑˑɪtʲɪs/
SOURCES
1. N. Petrovsky, 1966, c. 341.
2. M. Biryla, 1966, с. 136.