liūdnas

Etymology
From, the zero-grade of. Cognate with 🇨🇬 < *loud-; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 archaic. If this *lewd is the same root (to bend) as in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, the semantic shift may be explained as "to bend" > "bring down, humble" > "depress".

The palatalisation of the l must be due to the influence of an unattested e-grade *liaud-.

Adjective

 * 1) sad, downhearted, sorrowful
 * 2) causing sadness, depressing