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Statkus

STÃTKUS

Etymology

Cf. Building (see). Perhaps statk- with the suffix -k- from the root stat- (for it see Stataũskas), although cf. still lit. statkà (cf. l. statek) „pastovumas, tvirtumas, rimtumas“ (LKŽ XIII 713), and bRuss. Cтаткевiч ¹, Russian. Cтаткевич (CAМC IV 262), Polish. Statek (SSNO V 202).

Feminine FORMS

Statkienė / Statkutė

Pronunciation

/²ˈstɑːtkʊs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 390.