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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
- 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