skleinīčė

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Samogitian

Etymology

Apparently from dialectal Belarusian скленіца (skljenica) and dialectal Polish sklenica. By surface analysis, Old East Slavic стькло (stĭklo) +‎ -nīčė. Compare obsolete Lithuanian sklėnyčia, skleinyčia, (most likely) non-cognate Czech sklenice.

Noun

skleinīčė f

  1. glass (drinking vessel)

References

  • “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 23:Skleinīčė — stiklinė
  • sklėnyčia”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas , lkz.lt, 1941–2025