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tvirtas

Pronunciation: [¹ˈtʲʋʲɪrtɐs]

“tvirtas” is a Lithuanian word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. firm, sturdy, tough

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *twirˀ- from a zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *twerH-. Cognate with Latvian tvirts and Polish twardy (“solid”). Derksen does not give a full PBS reconstruction for this term, only noting that "the Baltic and Slavic suffixes do not match." Other cognates within Lithuanian: *ãptvaras (“pen, enclosure”) < Proto-Indo-European *tworH-o- *tvérti (“to seize”) <…

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