dadan

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See also: dadán, dädan, dàdǎn, and Dadan

Old Prussian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to milk, suckle). Cognate with Albanian djathë (cheese), Sanskrit दधि (dádhi, curd), Latvian dêt (to suck), Polish doić (to milk).

Noun

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dadan n

  1. milk
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      MJlch   Dadan

References

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  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “dadan”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, pages 171-172