mėlynas

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

mė́lynas m

  1. blue
    • 1970, “Čiunga Čianga”‎[1]:
      Čiunga čianga - mėlynas dangus,
      Čiunga Čianga, blue sky,

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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


Colors in Lithuanian · spalvos (layout · text)
     balta      pilka      juoda
             raudona              oranžinė; ruda              geltona; gelsva
             žalsva              žalia              elektrinė
             žydra              dangaus mėlyna              mėlyna
             violetinė              purpurinė; violetinė              rožinė, rūžava
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