hantus

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Sudovian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle High German hant, cf. German Hand (hand), supplanting native Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (hand, arm).[1]

Noun[edit]

hantuſ

  1. (anatomy) hand, (possibly also) arm

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 73:hantuſ ‘ranka, l. ręka’ 8.