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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to allow, let, release”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *listъ, Latvian laiska (“leaf of a flax stalk”), laiksne (“white water-lily”), and Old Prussian lāiskas (“book”).
Pronunciation
Noun
láiškas m (plural laiškaĩ) stress pattern 3
- letter (written message)
Declension
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “laiškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 270–271