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Where does “sparnas” come from?

sparnas (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic parnas, from Hungarian párna, from Serbo-Croatian perina, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

sparnas (Lithuanian): wing

Definitions

  1. wing

Ancestry of “sparnas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicparnaswing
2Hungarianpárnapillow
3Serbo-Croatianperinapillow
4Serbo-Croatian-inaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
5Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Words derived from “sparnas”

  • šikšnosparnis
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