-klas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-tlo. Compare Latvian -kls, -kla, Old Prussian -clo, Proto-Slavic *-dlo. From *-tlom, -dʰlom (agentive suffix). The Balto-Slavic reconstruction of -tl- is preferable to -dl-, whereby the unusual consonant cluster would have undergone assimilation in Slavic and dissimilation in Baltic. Compare the related Proto-Slavic *-teľь.

Suffix

-klas m (plural -klai, feminine -klė)

  1. an old agentive suffix, normally applied to unsuffixed verbs
    dùrti (stab)dùrklas (dagger)
    pjáuti (reap, cut)pjū́klas (saw)

Declension

Derived terms

Category Lithuanian terms suffixed with -klas not found