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Lithuanian
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]
- (anatomy) neck
- plonas kaklas[2] - a thin neck
- storas kaklas[2] - a thick neck
- collar, neck
- marškinių kaklas[2] - neck of a shirt
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Derived terms
nouns derived from kaklas
References
- ^ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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.