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
Ancestry of “šiknalaižė”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | šiknalaižis | kiss-ass, sycophant |
| 2 | Lithuanian | laižyti | to lick |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵʰ- | to lick |