balsskanis

== Latvian == === Etymology === Coined by Andrejs Stērste in 1879, from balss (“voice”) +‎ skan(ēt) (“to sound”) (by analogy with Latin vōcālis (“voiced”)), which competed with, and was later replaced by, A. Kronvalds coinage patskanis. === Noun === balsskanis f (4th declension) (obsolete term) vowel ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== patskanis vokālis (obsolete terms) skanis, skandinieks === References ===