mėlynas
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic *melˀ(n)- (“black, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-(n-) (“dark, red, dirty”).[1] Cognates include Latvian melns (“black”), Old Prussian melne (“bruise”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark, black”) (whence English melanin). Probably akin to Proto-Slavic *malina (“raspberry”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]mė́lynas m
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- mėlynė (“blueness, blueberry”)
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mė́lynas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
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