tešmuo

Lithuanian

Tešmuo

Etymology

From tėšti (to swell) + -muo. Compare želmuo (wheatgrass), from želti (to sprout).[1] Cognate with Latvian tesmenis (udder).

Noun

tešmuõ m (plural tẽšmenys) stress pattern 3b

  1. udder

Declension

Further reading

Notes:

  1. Vincas Urbutis. Baltų etimologijos etiudai / Vilnius, „Mokslas“, 1981. 187 p.
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