šiltas

See also: siltas and siltās

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Latvian silts; outside of Baltic, compare Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz (“lukewarm”),[1] Latin caleō (“to be warm”), Welsh clyd, Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHáts (“autumn, summer; year”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃʲɪltɐs]

Adjective

šil̃tas m (feminine šiltà, neuter šilta) stress pattern 4

  1. warm

Declension

Derived terms

  • šìldyti (“to heat (something)”)
  • šìlti (“to get hot”)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “šiltas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
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