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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *angurjas (compare Old Prussian angurgis,[1] Polish węgorz[1][2]), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ur-yos (compare Lithuanian ánkštara, inkštìras (“pimple; tapeworm”), German Engerling (“maggot”), Albanian thnegël (“ant”)), enlargement of *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). More at angìs.
Pronunciation
Noun
ungurỹs m (plural unguriaĩ) stress pattern 3b [3]
- eel
Declension
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 386. →ISBN
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “węgorz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 609
- ^ “ungurys” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- “ungurys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN