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Sekas

SEKAS

Etymology

Cf. Will follow (see). The origin is unclear. Cf. (?) lit. sekti „eiti, vykti from paskos, pridurmais; einant pėdsakais, tyrinėti, stengtis surasti kieno ėjimo kryptį; stebėti (pOPr. slapta) kieno nors veikimą, norint išsiaiškinti and others“ (LKŽ XII 338-339) - see Z. Zinkevičius, 1977, p. 193. But most probably borrowed surn., cf. German Seeck ¹, Seck, Seeck ² and possibly Rus. Cяка: Bасилий ³, Polish. Aim (SSNO V 51) etc.

Feminine FORMS

Sekienė / Sekaitė

Pronunciation

/sʲɛkɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 540.

2. H. Bahlow, 1967, p. 476, 477.

3. N. Petrovsky, 1966, с. 362.