kelias
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian ceļš (“road, way”). Not confidently explained.[1]
- Fraenkel: Related to Ancient Greek κέλευθος (kéleuthos, “path”) (English acolyte).
- Smoczyński: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to move in a circle”), like Sanskrit चरति (carati).
- Derksen: From kélti (“to lift, transfer”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to raise”). Cognate with, cel̃t (“to lift, transfer”).[2][3]
- ? From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“road, path track, way”), same ultimate source as Ancient Greek κέλευθος (kéleuthos), English acolyte.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Did *kel-/path exist in PIE or is this a later development?”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʲæːlʲɐs]
Noun
kẽlias m (plural keliaĩ) stress pattern 4
- road
- way
Declension
declension of kelias
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kẽlias | keliaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kẽlio | kelių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kẽliui | keliáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kẽlią | keliùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | keliù | keliaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | kelyjè | keliuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kẽliau | keliaĩ |
See also
- gatvė f
- plentas m
References
- “kẽlis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 546 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “kelias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
- “kelias”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
- “kelias”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “kelias”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023