iaunis
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jauˀnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō. Compare Lithuanian jáunas (“young”), Latvian jaûns (“young, new”).[1][2]
Adjective
[edit]iauniſ
- young
- Antonym: ſenſ (“old”)
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 170, (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 73: “iauniſ ‘jaunas, l. młody’ 170.”
- ^ “jáunas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. iauniſ adj. ‘jung’”.