Where does “liūtukas” come from?

liūtukas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian -ùkas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ukos.

liūtukas (Lithuanian): lion cub

Definitions

  1. lion cub

Ancestry of “liūtukas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanian-ùkas—
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-ukos—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ukos →Every word from Lithuanian -ùkas →