skanus
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See also: skaņus
Latvian
Noun
skanus m
- (dialectal) accusative plural of skans
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *skan-; cognate with Latvian skans (“sour”) and possibly Old Prussian stanulonx (“red-flowered scallion known for its pungent taste”), the latter which is probably a mistranscription or other such corruption of an unattested *scanulonx. Further origin unclear; the word may be derived from the same paradigm as skìnti (“to pluck, pick (fruit, herbs, etc.)”), but the semantic shifts required for this are non-trivial.
Pronunciation
Adjective
skanùs m (feminine skanì, neuter skanù) stress pattern 4
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of skanus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of skanus
Related terms
- skonis (“taste”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skanùs”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 555
- ^ “skanus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012