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Virmauskas

VIRMÁUSKAS

Etymology

The origin is unclear. It can be formed with the suffix -auskas, the root of which is from some compound pers.n. - Vi̇̀rmantas ¹, Vi̇̀rminas (see Virgáilis) or similar. But cf. polish Wirmański, German Wirrmann ².

Feminine FORMS

Virmauskienė / Virmauskaitė

Pronunciation

/ʋʲɪr¹ˈmɑˑʊskɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. K. Kuzavinis, B. Savukynas, 1971, p. 152.

2. J. Bubak, 1971, p. 121.