Rūoj

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Livonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Dzintra Hirša suggests that Latvian Ruoja could be related to Livonian ruoi (grass).[1]

LĒL only lists āina for the meanings "hay, grass, medicine," however, compare Estonian rohi. The 19th century LDW, however, lists ruoi as "grass."

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rūoj

  1. Roja (a populated place in Latvia on the coast of Gulf of Riga)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dzintra Hirša, Lībieši un lībiešu izcelsmes vietvārdi Latvijā in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 213