kiška
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kiska"
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian ciska (“thigh”).
More information
- One hypothesis links this to Sanskrit किष्कु (kiṣku, “forearm”), but this has difficulties.
- Another hypothesis links this to Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint”), e.g. Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “armpit”), Latin coxa (“hip”).
- Fraenkel suggests (and Derksen concurs) that the vowel -i- is due to influence from ki̇̀nka (“thigh, haunch”).
- Endzelīns suggests that *kš metathesized to šk. Derksen disagrees and claims PIE *ḱs yields š in Lithuanian, and that the final -ka is due to influence from other words, such as ki̇̀nka
Noun
kiškà f (plural ki̇̀škos) stress pattern 2
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kiškà | ki̇̀škos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | ki̇̀škos | ki̇̀škų |
| dative (naudininkas) | ki̇̀škai | ki̇̀škoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | ki̇̀šką | kiškàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kiškà | ki̇̀škomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | ki̇̀škoje | ki̇̀škose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | ki̇̀ška | ki̇̀škos |
Further reading
- “kiška”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “kiška”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
Votic
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кишка́ (kišká).
Noun
kiška
- (Pummala) hose
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kiška”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn