tirtis
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]If we assume the initial t was previously k:[1]
- Could be from original *kirv-, with progressive assimilation k>t, v>t. Compare Lithuanian kir̃vis (“axe”), Latvian cìrvis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirw(i)os, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.[2]
- Could be from original *kirt-. Compare Lithuanian kir̃tis (“blow, chop, strike”), from the same root as above.
Noun
[edit]tirtiſ
- axe, hatchet
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 14, (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 80: “tirtiſ ‘kirvis, l. ſiekera’ 14.”
- ^ “kir̃vis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “Im Nar. ist tirtiſ ‘Axt’ überliefert, s. PJS 19.”.