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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to pull together, coagulate, solidify, compact”). Cognate with Persian تنجیدن (tanjidan, “to squeeze, twist”), Old Armenian թանձր (tʻanjr, “thick, dense”), English tight, Old Norse þéttr (“close, thick”), Old Irish técht (“solidified”), Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, “to contract, coagulate”), and perhaps Hittite (tamekzi, “attaches”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tánkus m (feminine tánki, neuter tanku) stress pattern 3
- thick; dense
- (of multiple objects, such as trees) close together
- (of footsteps, speech, etc.) quick, speedy
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of tankus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of tankus
Derived terms
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tánkus”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 659