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Skomand
10-21-2013, 02:04 PM
http://www.lrt.lt/radijas/anonsai/6194/_60_minuciu_visiems_abiturientams_vienodas_egzamin as_
„60 minučių“: visiems abiturientams – vienodas egzaminas?

Is abiturientai borrowed from German directly and when did that occur?
I learnt that f.i. "vunderkindai" was borrowed from German via Russian.
Roy
10-21-2013, 04:39 PM
From Latin word ''arbitur'' which means ''choice''.
Skomand
10-21-2013, 05:31 PM
Latin

Originally yes, but it is German "der Abiturient" plus Lithuanian ending.
Hercus Monte
10-24-2013, 10:30 PM
Originally yes, but it is German "der Abiturient" plus Lithuanian ending.
we sometimes add -entas to foreign words. I don't think we got it from Germany.
our education history is linked with southwestern Europe(Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and only occasionally Germany) and Poland. (mainly Jesuit influences)
Skomand
10-29-2013, 01:36 AM
Similar case:

At the end of a TV debate today on LTV World the host thanked the participants with "Aciu gentlemenai", if I heard it correctly.
Hercus Monte
10-29-2013, 01:47 AM
Similar case:

At the end of a TV debate today on LTV World the host thanked the participants with "Aciu gentlemenai", if I heard it correctly.
Džentelmenai would be the right spelling.
Skomand
10-29-2013, 12:45 PM
Džentelmenai would be the right spelling.

I should have known: I was googling for "gentlemenai" and found nothing. It looks funny and the plural is marked twice.