Where does “šiknalaižė” come from?

šiknalaižė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian šiknalaižis, from Lithuanian laižyti, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

šiknalaižė (Lithuanian): kiss-ass, sycophant

Definitions

  1. kiss-ass, sycophant

Ancestry of “šiknalaižė”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianšiknalaižiskiss-ass, sycophant
2Lithuanianlaižytito lick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Lithuanian laižyti →Every word from Lithuanian šiknalaižis →