ackijwistu

Old Prussian

Alternative forms

• akiwijsti

Etymology

Calque of Polish oczywiście, with ackis (“eye”) as the former component.

Adverb

ackijwistu

1. widely, publicly
   • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 125, line 7:

     Tyt quoi
     tijlaiti ioūs mennei en [b] ſteſſei / deicktan
     attrātwei / Sēnku akiwijſti poſinnāts
     wīrſt / nokan [c] tāns / Crixtits poſtānai.

     So please answer me on his behalf, so that it may be publicly known whereupon he will be baptized.

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “ackijwistu”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 60