kelias
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Latvian ceļš (“road, way”). Not confidently explained.[1]
- Fraenkel: Related to Ancient Greek κέλευθος (kéleuthos, “path”) (English acolyte).
- Smoczyński: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to move in a circle”), like Sanskrit चरति (carati, “to move”).[2]
- Derksen: From kélti (“to lift, transfer”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to raise”). Cognate with, cel̃t (“to lift, transfer”).[3][4]
- ? From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“road, path track, way”), same ultimate source as Ancient Greek κέλευθος (kéleuthos), English acolyte.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Did *kel-/path exist in PIE or is this a later development?”)
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kẽlias m (plural keliaĩ) stress pattern 4
Declension
[edit]Declension of kẽlias
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kẽlias | keliaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kẽlio | kelių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kẽliui | keliáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kẽlią | keliùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | keliù | keliaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | kelyjè | keliuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kelỹ | keliaĩ |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “kẽlis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 546 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “kelias”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, pages 271-2
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kelias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
- ^ “kelias”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
[edit]- “kelias”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “kelias”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024