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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰ-o-. Cognate with Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”), Proto-Slavic *dě̀dъ (“grandfather”), Ancient Greek τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
dė̃dė m (plural dė̃dės) stress pattern 2[2]
- uncle
Declension
See also
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dėdė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118
- ^ “dėdė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024