"nykštys" meaning in Lithuanian

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Noun

Etymology: Cognate with Latvian îkšķis, îkstis (“thumb”), Old Prussian instixs (“thumb”). The form inkštys is attested in the writings of Jonas Bretkūnas, but his mother was a native speaker of Old Prussian, casting doubt on its Lithuanian authenticity. More information Possible etymologies for the Baltic term include: * From Proto-Indo-European *enḱ- (“reach, attain, grab, carry”) (Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa, “part”)), Proto-Indo-European *onḱ- (Ancient Greek ὀγκόω (onkóō, “swell”), ὄγκος (ónkos, “bulk, mass”)), as conjectured by Toporov and Hilmarsson. According to Hilmarsson, the PIE reconstruction could be *h₁n̥- h₁n̥ḱ-ti-, and the Proto-Baltic term could be *inn(k)šti- or *nin(k)šti-. * From Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“reach”), according to Derksen. The initial n- must have been lost in Latvian and Old Prussian under this theory. * From Proto-Indo-European *h₂id- (“swell”) (cognate with Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō), Proto-Germanic *aitaz), with secondary -n- and intrusive k . By analogy with the derivation of English thumb from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to grow”), cf. Latin tumēre Similarities with Lithuanian i̇̀nkstas (“kidney”) and its cognates have been noted, and some have proposed those words either influenced the word for "thumbs" or share an etymology. Etymology templates: {{cog|lv|îkšķis}} Latvian îkšķis, {{cog|prg|instixs|t=thumb}} Old Prussian instixs (“thumb”), {{der|lt|ine-pro|*enḱ-|t=reach, attain, grab, carry}} Proto-Indo-European *enḱ- (“reach, attain, grab, carry”), {{cog|sa|अंश|t=part}} Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa, “part”), {{der|lt|ine-pro|*onḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *onḱ-, {{cog|grc|ὀγκόω|t=swell}} Ancient Greek ὀγκόω (onkóō, “swell”), {{der|lt|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-|t=reach}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“reach”), {{der|lt|ine-pro|*h₂id-|t=swell}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂id- (“swell”), {{cog|grc|οἰδέω}} Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō), {{cog|gem-pro|*aitaz}} Proto-Germanic *aitaz, {{noncog|en|thumb}} English thumb, {{noncog|ine-pro|*tūm-||to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to grow”), {{noncog|la|tumēre}} Latin tumēre, {{cog|lt|ìnkstas|t=kidney}} Lithuanian i̇̀nkstas (“kidney”) Head templates: {{head|lt|nouns|||plural|nykščiaĩ||{{{f}}}||{{{m}}}|g=m|g2=|head=nykštỹs}} nykštỹs m (plural nykščiai̇̃), {{lt-noun|m|nykščiaĩ|3|head=nykštỹs}} nykštỹs m (plural nykščiai̇̃) stress pattern 3 Inflection templates: {{lt-decl-noun|nykštỹs|nykščiaĩ|nýkščio|nykščių̃|nýkščiui|nykščiáms|nýkštį|nýkščius|nýkščiu|nykščiaĩs|nykštyjè|nykščiuosè|nykštỹ|nykščiaĩ}} Forms: nykštỹs [canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-3], nykščiai̇̃ [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nykštỹs [nominative, singular], nykščiai̇̃ [nominative, plural], nýkščio [genitive, singular], nykščių̃ [genitive, plural], nýkščiui [dative, singular], nykščiáms [dative, plural], nýkštį [accusative, singular], nýkščius [accusative, plural], nýkščiu [instrumental, singular], nykščiai̇̃s [instrumental, plural], nykštyjè [locative, singular], nykščiuosè [locative, plural], nykštỹ [singular, vocative], nykščiai̇̃ [plural, vocative]
  1. thumb
    Sense id: en-nykštys-lt-noun-Be7sLXCE Categories (other): Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "stress-pattern-3"
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  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lithuanian lemmas",
        "Lithuanian masculine nouns",
        "Lithuanian nouns",
        "Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thumb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nykštys"
}

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