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Sudovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Compare Lithuanian výras, Latvian vĩrs, Old Prussian wirs, wijrs, all meaning "man".[1]
Noun[edit]
wiroſ
- gentleman, sir
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 18, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References[edit]
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 81: “wiroſ ‘ponas, l. pan’ 18.”