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Lithuanian
Etymology
Derived from kiltìs (“tribe”), itself a derivative of kélti (“to raise, lift”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kilmė̃ f (plural kil̃mės) stress pattern 4
- origin
Declension
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References
- “kilmė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kilmė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
- ^ “kilmė” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.