Greek and Baltic last names sound similar

[justme]

not only -ius, but also -is, -as, -a, -yte, -aite, -iute, -iene, -e.

Yes that is true and they don't have that is Greek names.. Except is and maybe us.. But they don't have the i in it .. Maybe but Greek names tend to end in opoulos

Lithuanian first names have As in it.. Greeks have it in their last name.

But in general they sound nothing alike..

Funny... Ancient Illyrians had their names ending in -ius and -ian and -as
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...ers_of_Illyria

I think Greeks and Lithuanians should be proud of holding their names like this... I wish my country did the same.

[Hercus Monte]

I think Greeks and Lithuanians should be proud of holding their names like this... I wish my country did the same.

meh, we're grammar-nazis. Especially when it comes to female last names. Lithuanian women who live in foreign countries run into a lot of dificulties with our name-system.

use google translate- http://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithu....d?id=59198463

[Äike]

Baltic names sound extremely weird and foreign to me. They're quite different from the names around them

[justme]

I like Baltic names better.. They sound original.

[riverman]

Baltic names sound extremely weird and foreign to me. They're quite different from the names around them

Sounds like a possible "invasion" scenario.

[Äike]

Sounds like a possible "invasion" scenario.

What do you mean?

Balts came from the Balto-Slavic homeland, the Balts went northwards, while the Slavs mostly went east, south and west to some extent. Still, Baltic names are visibly different from Slavic names, although the two are closely related. But, the root of Baltic/Slavic names can be the same, but those Baltic endings make the names look different, I think.

[d3cimat3d]

I am talking about the -itis suffix in Greek and -aitis suffix in Lithuanian, both confusing as hell.

I hear people say that all the time.

[Scholarios]

Greek names were "greekified" in the modern era, many of those names did not have the 's' ending originally.

the hell does that even mean?

anyways, they don't really sound the same, the os-as ending is a masculine ending in indo-euorpean languages originally indicating vocative case

[Guapo]

Baltic names sound extremely weird and foreign to me. They're quite different from the names around them

Including Estonian.

[d3cimat3d]

Ok, I came up with the most logical theory, Spartan hoplites conquered Lithuania is 750 b.c. giving them the aitis/itis suffix. Mystery solved.