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Stalionis

STALIÓNIS

Etymology

Cf. Staliūnas, Staláuskas, Stalẽvičius, Stalèvskis (see). These surn. the root stal- is probably connected with lit. table „baldas su plačia gulsčia lenta viena ar keliomis kojomis“ (LKŽ XIII 638), table „meistras, dirbantis baldus and kai kuriuos kitus medžio dirbinius, dailidė“, table „stalius“ ¹ or similar. Surnames with Slavic suffixes can also be simply borrowed, cf. polish Stołowski, Stolęski (SSNO V 213), bRuss. Cталoвiч ² and so on.

Feminine FORMS

Stalionienė / Stalionytė

Pronunciation

/stɐ¹ˈlʲo̟ːnʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. ibid., 647.

2. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 391.