Where does “liūtukas” come from?
liūtukas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian -ùkas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ukos.
liūtukas (Lithuanian): lion cub
Ancestry of “liūtukas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | -ùkas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ukos | — |