kryžius
Lithuanian
/kriːʒjus/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) cross
- (figuratively) misery, hardship; misfortune by implicit comparison with the crucifixion
- (Christianity) cross (symbol of the Christian faith)
- cross (non-religious) decoration in the shape of a cross
- cross symbol, ornament or decorative element, consisting of at least two lines that cross
Etymology
Derived from Latin crux (cross, a cross, wooden frame for execution).
Origin
Latin
crux
Gloss
cross, a cross, wooden frame for execution
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crosier English
- cruciform English
- crunode English
- crux English
- ruksi Finnish
- *crox Latin
- crucifigo Latin
- crucio Latin
- crux Latin
- Crux German
- croce Italian
- crux Dutch, Flemish
- crucial French
- cruz Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- kryss Norwegian Bokmål
- krzyż Polish
- kryss Norwegian Nynorsk
- cruc Old English
- kors Danish
- kruci Czech
- crois Old French
- encrucillada Galician
- croes Welsh
- cruce Middle Dutch
- chruzi Old High German
- krūzi Old High German
- croch Old Irish
- cros Old Irish
- crūci Old Saxon
- kríž Slovak
- kruze Low German