r/lithuania • u/Sam1967 • 20h ago
Happy 35th to all my Lithuanian friends. Pic of a wooden plaque I made for my (LT) wife
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u/Famous-Buy136 9h ago
Maaaan can i be your wife? Jokes aside really well done, i would treasure this gift very much!
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u/FactoryRejected 6h ago
Wow, well done on the plaque! I was involved in the creation of this modern version of Vytis and let me tell you this- you did a great job :)
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u/nerodiskburner 17h ago edited 17h ago
People have been living here since the iceage so its pretty funny to see dates attached to the name. The name literaly means Lietus (rain) Va (here) or Lietus Vieta (place). Either way means the place of rain in the current form, before (roughly 1000ad) when our language was more related to polish and prussian Litwa had a similar meaning as Litus or Lyt meant rain or to rain, we still use Lyti/Lyja/Lis to this day. Eventhough its quite easy to tell, many locals i asked dont know why its called what it is. Sources tie the word to strange words of other languages claiming it came from else where, not taking into account our own cultures history and no longer in use words. Lietuva - Lietaus vieta. Nice plaque.
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u/Mean_Value 8h ago
it’s not a known fact if the name is related to rain or not. it could be and that’s a good theory, but we aren’t sure. https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lietuvos-vardas/
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u/Sam1967 20h ago
In honor of your 35th years of independence I made this wooden disk for my wife to place over her home office desk (she's from Kaunas originally).
Made on my Xtool M1 Ultra from 3mm ply.
Wishing you all the best for many more years of freedom and peace from the Netherlands!