Astikas
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- An ancient Lithuanian pagan name, from Sanskrit आस्तिक (āstika, “faithful”). Thus, the name means "theist."
- Borrowed from Old High German Oustih.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Astikas ?
- a male given name
- a surname
- (historical) Kristinas Astikas (Founder of the Astikai noble family (late 14th–early 17th centuries), and a supporter and companion of Vytautas the Great, his brother Sigismund Kestutaitis, and nephew Casimir Jagiellon; became the Castellan of Vilnius in 1419)
Declension
[edit] Declension of Astikas
References
[edit]- ^ Förstemann E. W. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bd. 1: Personennamen. — Bonn, 1900. S. 212, 989.
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- Lithuanian terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Lithuanian terms borrowed from Old High German
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- Lithuanian male given names
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