Liet. barzda ‘barba’: samplaikos -zd- kilmės klausimu
Lithuanian barzda ‘barba’: concerning the origin of the cluster –zd-

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the origin of the consonant cluster in Lith. barzdà ‘barba, mala’. Whereas Būga assumed the cluster to be inherited, Endzelins ascribed it to Slavic influence. Otrębski described its derivation as obscure. The forms borrowed into Fennic point to -d- rather than -zd-, but they may go back to Germanic barda ‘barba; securis’ as well as to Baltic words. In this article the view is advanced that Lith. barzdà is inherited and reflects an IE dialectal formation. The analysis confirms Būga’s assumptions concerning the original morphological structure of the word. It follows that Lith. barzdà, Latv. dial. bārzda are older than Latv. bārda.

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