patskanis

• (obsolete forms) pašskanis, pašskaņa, patskaņa

From pats (“self”) +‎ skan(ēt) (“to sound”), made into a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). A calque of German Selbstlaut (“vowel”) coined by by Atis Kronvalds in the 1860s (initially as pašskanis). It competed with, and eventually replaced, other coinages such as G. F. Stenders' skandinieks, K. Biezbārdis' skanis, or A. Stērste's balsskanis. There was some variation (patskanis, pašskaņa, patskaņa) until the early 20th century. After J. Endzelīns' and K. Mīlenbahs' 1907 Latviešu Gramatika, the form patskanis stabilized. It became accepted as a standard linguistic term in the 1920s.^[1]

patskanis m (2nd declension)

1. (phonetics, phonology) vowel

   uzsvērti un neuzsvērti patskaņi ― stressed and unstressed vowels

   garie un īsie patskaņi ― long and short vowels

   patskaņu klasifikācija ― vowel classification

   šaurais patskanis (“e” vai “ē”) ― narrow, tense vowel (“e” or “ē”, pronounced as IPA [ɛ])

   platais patskanis (“e” vai “ē”) ― broad, lax vowel (“e” or “ē”, pronounced as IPA [æ])

   ritma, lāpāmais patskanis ― rhythmic vowel (added for prosodic or metric reasons)

• vokālis
• (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skandinieks, skanis

• divskanis
• līdzskanis
• skaņa, skanēt