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Teškius

TEŠKIUS

Etymology

The origin is not entirely clear. We could connect the root tešk- with lit. teškéntipamažu teškėti; kristi, bėgti teškant“, teškéntitikšti, kristi tiškant, lašėti“ (DLKŽ). But cf. still German Teschke ¹ and Ti̇̀škus (see).

Feminine FORMS

Teškienė / Teškiūtė

Pronunciation

/tʲɛʃʲkʲʊ̟s/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 568; J. Brechenmacher, 1960, p. 294.