višta

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Višta

Etymology

Buck and Karulis derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (settlement), with the chicken thus conceived as a "domestic bird".[1] Smoczynski is implicitly skeptical of this derivation, and leaves the origin open.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

vištà f (plural vìštos) stress pattern 2

  1. hen, chicken

Declension

See also

References

  1. ^ višta”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vištà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 763-4