#lithuanian #kanklės The same instruments like Lithuanian kanklės are: Lettish #kokle , #kokles , Estonian, Votian #kannel , Finnish, Izhorian #kantele , Karelian #kandeleh , Vepsian #kandel , Livian #kendla , Lappian #gan'del , North Western Russian #gusli . Baltic Finnish names better than Lithuanian kanklės, kankliai, kunkliai and Latvian kokle, kokles (pronounced as kuokle, kuokles) correspond to the supposedly Baltic primary form *kantles, *kantle. According to the peculiar features of loanword adaptation in the Baltic Finnish languages most stiff became the extremely ancient Baltic name forms. The traditional deriving the names of the kanklės from the Indo - European supposed root *Qan-, 'to sing, sound'. The primary form of the name of kanklės - *kantles may be related to the Indo - European root *gan(dh)-, 'a vessel; haft (of a sword). #musicalinstrument #music #europe #folklore #traditional #balticsea #baltic #balticpsaltery #balticpsalteries https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ZfLsdAT9A/?igshid=1dmqn6y1frpnn