leitis
Pronunciation: [ˈlɛ̄ītis]
“leitis” is a Latvian word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
- a (male) Lithuanian
- Lithuanian, pertaining to Lithuania and its people
Etymology
From *leit- (related to Latin lītus (“sea coast, beach”) < *leitos), from Proto-Baltic *lei-, *lie- with an extra -t, from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *lī- (“to pour, to flow, to drip”). The stem was perhaps originally a reference to people from the "land of the rain" or "land of the rivers." It is also possible that there was an original river or lake name *Leitā, from which *leitā-tyā, *leityā >…
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