beckä

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Masurian

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree

    Medieval Latin buttia

    bor.

    Proto-West Germanic *buttjā

    bor.

    Proto-Slavic *bъči

    Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ


    Proto-Slavic *-ъka


    Proto-Slavic *bъčьka


    Old Polish beczka


    Masurian beckä

    Inherited from Old Polish beczka.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    beckä f (diminutive becułkä)

    1. (chiefly Western Masuria) barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

    Usage notes

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    Rare in East Masuria, sometimes reinnovated from influence from Polish.

    Further reading

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    • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “beczka”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎[1], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 161
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