Urnėžius
URNĖ̃ŽIUS
Etymology
Cf. Urnė́ža, Urnežas, Urnė̃žas, Urnežis, Urnė̃žis, Urnežius, Urni̇́eža, Ùrniežas, Urniẽžis, Urniẽžius, Urniažis, Urniažis, Urniažius (see). It's the same surn. phonetic, graphic variants. P. Skardžius ¹ considers the surname Urnė̃žius to be a derivative of the suffix -ėž-. For the root urn- see Urna.
Feminine FORMS
Urnėžienė / Urnėžiūtė
Pronunciation
/ʊrʲ²ˈnʲeːʒʲʊ̟s/
SEE ALSO
SOURCES
1. 1943, p. 391.