līdzskanis

Etymology
A term coined by in the second half of the 19th century, from, made into a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). It is a calque of, from and , itself a calque of 🇨🇬, from  and.

It (and its alternative form ) competed with other proposed coinages, such as K. Biezbārdis' and M. Kaudzīte's, until the end of the 19th century. After J. Endzelīns' and K. Mīlenbahs' 1907 Latviešu Gramatika, the form stabilized. It became accepted as a standard linguistic term in the 1920s.

Noun

 * 1)  consonant language sound pronounced with some kind of obstruction in the vocal tract