Šniukas
ŠNIÙKAS
Etymology
Cf. Snout (see). Perhaps surn. of nickname origin, connected with lit. to snoop „šniukštinėti“, snoop „kiaulei ant snukio dedama virvė, kad neknistų“, snoop „šapas“ (LKŽK). Unmissable in German. Schnück, Schnücke ¹.
Feminine FORMS
Šniukienė / Šniukaitė
Pronunciation
/ˈʃʲŋʊ̟kɐs/
SEE ALSO
SOURCES
1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 520.