miškas

Etymology
Of unclear origin.

While the dialectal term is cognate with 🇨🇬 and thus from 🇨🇬 (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬),  cannot be connected with such certainty on phonetic grounds.

A connection with 🇨🇬 and is difficult semantically, unless we posit an original meaning of "trunk, bar" for the Lithuanian word.

As a solution to problems such as the above, Smoczynski proposes a hypothetical earlier meaning of "mixed forest (with both deciduous and coniferous trees)", and tentatively derives the word from, via the verb.

Noun

 * 1) forest dense collection of trees
 * 2)  wood or timber used for building