kadiķis

Latvian

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to fume, smoke”), comparable to Proto-Slavic *kaditi (“to burn incense”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *kádruš (“tan, brown”), Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”).[1] However, these words are all of uncertain origin.

Noun

kadiķis m (2nd declension)

  1. juniper

Declension

Declension of kadiķis (2nd)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative kadiķis kadiķi
genitive kadiķa kadiķu
dative kadiķim kadiķiem
accusative kadiķi kadiķus
instrumental kadiķi kadiķiem
locative kadiķī kadiķos
vocative kadiķi kadiķi

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ked-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 537
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