klanas

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *klonъ (“fold, bend”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *klánas, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook, to bend”). The original meaning was "a depression". klónis (“valley”) is from the same root.

klãnas m (plural klanaĩ) stress pattern 4, 2

1. puddle

   Synonyms: balà, balùtė, valkà

2. (geology) depression, valley, ravine

   Synonyms: slėnìs, klónis, baudà

• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “klãnas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 264
• “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024 [under klanas¹]

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Borrowed from English clan.

klãnas m (plural klãnai) stress pattern 2

1. (ethnography) clan

   Synonym: giminė̃

• “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024 [under klanas³]