ackijwistu
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Old Prussian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- akiwijsti
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Polish oczywiście, with ackis (“eye”) as the former component.
Adverb[edit]
ackijwistu
- obviously, clearly
- widely, publicly
- (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 125, line 7:
- Tyt quoi
tijlaiti ioūs mennei en [b] ſteſſei / deicktan
attrātwei / Sēnku akiwijſti poſinnāts
wīrſt / nokan [c] tāns / Crixtits poſtānai.- So please answer me on his behalf, so that it may be publicly known whereupon he will be baptized.
References[edit]
- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “ackijwistu”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian][1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 60