lāiskas

See also: laiškas

Old Prussian

Etymology

Compare Lithuanian láiškas (“letter”), ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to let”).[1]

Noun

lāiskas m

  1. booklet, small book, Büchlein
    • (Can we date this quote?) III katekizmas, page 111:
      Stas Crixti Lāi/skas
      • the German translation:
        Das Tauff/buͤchlein
        Das Taufbüchlein
        The Baptism Booklet

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “laiškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 270–271
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