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Rankys

RANKỸS

Etymology

Perhaps a nickname from lit. by hand Cf. Latin Raņķis ¹, which can also be a Germanism - German. Rank, Ranke, Ranck, etc. ². See also Roñkus, Renkỹs.

Feminine FORMS

Rankienė / Rankytė

Pronunciation

/rɐŋʲ²ˈkʲiːs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. LAG 17, 58, 272, etc..

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 480.