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Lithuanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skī́ˀstas, from Proto-Indo-European *skid- + *-tos. Cognate with Latvian šķîsts (“thin, pure”), Old Prussian skijstan (“pure”) (sg. acc.), Proto-Slavic *čistъ (“clean, pure”).
Adjective
skýstas
- thin (of liquids)
Derived terms
- skýstis (“liquid”) (state of matter)
References
- “skystas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “skystas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “skystas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405