Stražys
STRAŽYS
Etymology
Perhaps a nickname surn., connected with lit. stražas „medžio gabalas, from kurio skeliamos skalos, skalamedis“ ¹. But cf. Russian Cтpаж (CAMC IV 283), Cтpажъ ².
Feminine FORMS
Stražienė / Stražytė
Pronunciation
/strɐʒʲiːs/
SOURCES
1. LKŽ XIII 944, 992.
2. N. Tupikov, 1903, c. 374.