Where does “žemaitiškas” come from?

žemaitiškas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian -iškas, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

žemaitiškas (Lithuanian): Samogitian

Definitions

  1. Samogitian

Ancestry of “žemaitiškas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanian-iškasA suffix that generally forms adjectives from...
2Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Lithuanian -iškas →