skandinieks

Latvian

Etymology

A term coined at the end of the 18th century by by Gotthard Friedrich Stender from skandin(āt) (“to sound, to resound”) +‎ -nieks, which was later replaced by A. Kronvalds' coinage patskanis.[1]

Noun

skandinieks m (1st declension)

  1. (obsolete term) vowel

Declension

Declension of skandinieks (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative skandinieks skandinieki
genitive skandinieka skandinieku
dative skandiniekam skandiniekiem
accusative skandinieku skandiniekus
instrumental skandinieku skandiniekiem
locative skandiniekā skandiniekos
vocative skandiniek skandinieki

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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