giwatti
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Sudovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Baltic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti. Compare Lithuanian gyvénti, dialectal gývoti, Old Prussian giwīt, but Latvian dzîvuôt, dialectal dzîvât.[1][2]
Verb[edit]
giwatti
- to live
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 11, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References[edit]
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 73: “giwatti ‘gyventi, l. żyć’ 11.”
- ^ “gývas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. vb. giwatti leben”.