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ltdir/surnames

Skerstinis

SKERSTINIS

Etymology

Perhaps connected with lit. cross „pjauti (pOPr. kiaulę); žudyti (žmones) and others“ (LKŽ XII 834-835), cross „kuris skerstas, skerstasis“ ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Skerstinienė / Skerstinytė

Pronunciation

/sʲkʲɛrʲsʲtʲɪnʲɪs/

SOURCES

1. ibid., 836.