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Plyskaitis

PLYSKÁITIS

Etymology

Cf. Pliskà (see), although this surn. may have other origins; cf. lit. the Germanism plỹskas „plyckas; paplotis; skrylis; sklindis“ ¹, which is known only as surn. Plyskáitis in areas of prevalence, so surn. maybe with the suffix -aitis made of *Plyskius, *Plyskis or something like thimm.

Feminine FORMS

Plyskaitienė / Plyskaitytė

Pronunciation

/pʲlʲiː¹ˈskɑˑɪtʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. LKŽ X 214, 243.