eldija

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • aldija

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *oldi. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aldjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oldʰeh₂; *h₂eldʰeh₂.[1][2][3]

Noun

eldijà f (plural el̃dijos) stress pattern 3b

  1. (rare) hollowed out tree trunk, canoe
    Synonym: luotas

Declension

See also

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “eldija”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
  2. aldijà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 19 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. eldija”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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