lankas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás (bow), from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (to bend), compare Latvian lanka (lowland), Old Prussian lunkis (angle). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лѫкъ (lǫkŭ, bow), Belarusian and Russian лук (luk, bow).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɫàŋ́kas/, [ɫɐ̀ŋ́ˑkɐs]

Noun

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lañkas m (plural lankaĩ) stress pattern 4[2]

  1. bow (weapon)[1]

Declension

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1895”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1895
  2. ^ lankas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024