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Pilka

PÌLKA

Etymology

Cf. Pi̇̀lkis (see). Surnames with gray are probably not of the same origin. Some of them could be nicknames related to lit. pi̇̀lkis „pelenų, švino spalvos; palvas, dulas“, pi̇̀lkis „pilkas gyvulys, žvėris, paukštis; koks pilkos spalvos daiktas“ ¹ and so on. Others may be all borrowed. Cf. polish Piłka ², bRuss. Пилька, Филькo: Филимoн ³, Пилька: Пiлiп ⁴. Further, cf. still in Latv. Pilka ⁵, Piļķis ⁶, German. Filke ⁷.

Feminine FORMS

Pilkienė / Pilkaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈpʲɪlkɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. LKŽ IX 988, 990.

2. J. Bystroń, 1936, p. 281; SSNO IV 255.

3. M. Biryla, 1966, с. 168.

4. М. Биpыла, 1982, с. 185.

5. B. Cталтмане, 1981, c. 116.

6. ibid., 147.

7. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 586.