usnis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian usna (“thistle”) and probably with dialectal Proto-Slavic *ušь (“carduoid”) (whence Old East Slavic оушь (ušĭ)).

Further origin uncertain. Possibly derived from the oblique ablaut-grade of Proto-Indo-European *wósHr̥ ~ *usHén-, whence Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa, “onion”), Latin ūniō (“onion”).

Noun

usnìs f stress pattern 4 or ùsnis m stress pattern 2

1. thistle

Alternative forms

• usnė f

References

• “usnis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “usnis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024