3-444: Gimbutas is a Lithuanian surname originated as a two-stemmed pre-Christian Lithuanian name : gim-, likely from gin- gi̇̀nti ("to repel an attack, to block...") and but- from bū́ti , "to be". The first recorded usage of the name is from the legendary dynasty of Palemonids : Gimburas, duke of Samogitia . The name was recorded in several foms: Gémbuta, Gémbūta, Gémbutas, Gimbutis, Gimbūtis. In Belarus there are villages associated with
6-528: The name: Gimbuty [ be ] and Gimbatawka [ be ] . Notable people with the surname include: Glossary of pre-Christian Lithuanian names A number of Lithuanian surnames evolved from the ancient pre-Christian Lithuanian personal names, such as Budrys , Girdenis , Tylenis , Vilkas , Amantas , Bukantas , Rimgaila , Vizgirda , Tarvydas . Many of them are of compound type, typically consisting of two stems (dithematic names), and many are of single stem. Sometimes
9-498: The order of these stems may reverse, e.g., Norvaišas vs. Vaišnoras , Tautvydas vs. Vytautas . Some two-stemmed names have a clear etymology, arising from nicknames, such as Baltakis = Balt-akys = "White eyes". Alfred Senn suggects that such transparent names are less ancient development, while those with non-evident etymology originate from the Indo-European pra-language. A two-stemmed name may be further compounded into
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