Etymology

skilandis

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Today it means: A Lithuanian sausage made from meat, fat, salt, pepper and garlic, traditionally pressed into a pig's stomach or bladder. Full definition →

Lithuanian skilandis
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  1. Lithuanian · derived fromskilandis
  2. English todayskilandis

From Lithuanian skilandis, probably a native formation, derived from ski̇́lti (“to crack, spilt”). Or, from skilvỹs (“stomach, ventricle”).

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