vanduo

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō (genitive singular *undnes); compare Latvian ûdens, Old Prussian wundan, Proto-Slavic *vodà. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. The nasal infix is paralleled in Latin unda (“wave”), presumably analogically brought into the nominative from the oblique stem (cf. Proto-Indo-European genitive singular *udnés). The paradigm would then subsequently have been put back in line with other en-stem nouns (e.g. akmuõ). Clusters of the shape *nCn apparently blocked the action of Winter's law; compare also ugni̇̀s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʋɐn²ˈduɔ] Rhymes: -uɔ Syllabification: van‧duõ === Noun === vanduõ m (plural vándenys) stress pattern 3a water (the substance; the surface of a body of water) current, flow (of water) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ūdra audra (possibly) === References === === Further reading === “vanduo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026