tingus

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tingús, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ (“heavy”), Old Norse þungr (“heavy”) and Proto-Iranian *θanǰáyati.

Adjective

tingùs m stress pattern 4

  1. lazy

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 494
  • “tingus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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