sworstis
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Comparison with Lithuanian svar̃stis (“counterweight”) is semantically problematic.
- Perhaps a Baltic word with contamination from Middle High German swert, cf. German Schwert (“sword, blade”).[1]
- Possibly an independent formation, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to ache; injury”) or *seh₂w- (“sharp”), sw-er. Compare Proto-Slavic *svьrdьlъ (“drill”).
Noun
[edit]ſworſtiſ
- knife
- 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 169:
- nóź [nóż] — ſworſtiſ
- knife
References
[edit]- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 79: “ſworſtiſ ‘peilis, l. nóź’ 169.”