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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *pēdā́ˀ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pēd-ó (“to walk; foot”). Cognate with Latvian pēda (“foot-sole”), Old Prussian pedan (“plowshare”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʲeːˈdɐ/
- Hyphenation: pė‧da
Noun
pėdà f (plural pė́dos) stress pattern 3
- (anatomy) foot
- foot (unit of measure)
Declension
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pėda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
Further reading
- “pėda”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- “pėda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024