kraštas

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, with further origin disputed:
 * Buga and Smoczynski derive the word from an o-grade of the root found in . The semantic link is perhaps that the edge or "shore" of a country near water is "dried up" compared to the waters it is surrounded by.
 * However, Endzelin and Fraenkel are skeptical of the semantics of the above derivation, with the latter instead deriving the word from . This is supported by Minissi and Toporov.

Noun

 * 1) rim, brim
 * 2) edge, extremity
 * 3) land, country
 * 4) shore, bank
 * 5) side
 * 1) shore, bank
 * 2) side
 * 1) side
 * 1) side