kaklas

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Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaklas (compare Latvian kakls), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (circle, wheel).[1] Doublet of ciklas.

Pronunciation

Noun

kãklas m (plural kaklaĩ) stress pattern 4[2]

  1. (anatomy) neck
    plonas kaklas[2] - a thin neck
    storas kaklas[2] - a thick neck
  2. collar, neck
    marškinių kaklas[2] - neck of a shirt

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaklas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 “kaklas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.