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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian sęrs (“bristle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(s)- (“rough hair, bristle”), whence also Russian шерсть (šerstʹ, “wool”), and possibly English hair (from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”)).
Noun
šerỹs m (plural šeriaĩ) stress pattern 4
- bristle
Conjugation
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “šerys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
- “šerys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012
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