żuwo
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”). Compare Lithuanian žuvìs, Latvian zivs, Old Prussian suckis.[1]
Noun
[edit]żuwo
- (zoology) fish (possibly nominative plural, or genitive singular)
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 17, (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 82: “żuwo ‘žuvys, l. ryby’ 17.”