gerwe

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Old Prussian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws (crane), from *gerh₂- (to cry hoarsely).

Noun

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gerwe

  1. crane (bird)
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Kranch   Gerwe

Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws. Compare Lithuanian gérvė, Latvian dzẽrve, Old Prussian gerwe, all meaning "crane".[1][2]

It seems "stork" and "crane" are switched, possibly due to the similarities between the birds, or a copying error. Compare ſterkaſ, garſ.

Noun

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gerwe

  1. (zoology) stork

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 73:gerwe ‘gandras, l. bośiań’ 207.
  2. ^ gérvė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. gerwe sf. ‘Storch’”.