iaunis

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Sudovian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jauˀnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō. Compare Lithuanian jáunas (young), Latvian jaûns (young, new).[1][2]

Adjective[edit]

iauniſ

  1. young
    Antonym: ſenſ (old)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 73:iauniſ ‘jaunas, l. młody’ 170.
  2. ^ jáunas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. iauniſ adj. ‘jung’”.