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Sagaitis

SAGÁITIS

Etymology

The root sag- could be connected with lit. sag-ióti, sèg-ti ¹, but this surn. by analogy with other surn., having the patronymic suffix -aitis, most likely changed from Sagatỹs (see) or something like thimm.

Feminine FORMS

Sagaitienė / Sagaitytė

Pronunciation

/sɐ¹ˈɡɑˑɪtʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. Z. Zinkevičius, 1977, p. 192.