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Strunkys

STRUNKỸS

Etymology

Cf. Strùnkis (see), further cf. Latin Strunke ¹, Struņķis ². Perhaps from lit. struñkis (cf. la. strunķis) „ko nors striukas gabalas“ (LKŽ XIII 1003). But there may be other origins, cf. still German Strunk ³.

Feminine FORMS

Strunkienė / Strunkytė

Pronunciation

/strʊŋʲ²ˈkʲiːs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. B. Cталтмане, 1981, c. 122.

2. ibid., 147.

3. J. Brechenmacher, 1963, p. 694; H. Bahlow, 1967, p. 506.