mejdo
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Compare Lithuanian mẽdis (“tree”),[1] Latvian mežs (“forest”), Old Prussian median (“forest”).[2]
Noun
[edit]mejdo
- (botany) tree
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 10, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Middle High German mait, cf. German Maid (“girl, maiden”).[3]
Noun
[edit]mejdo
- girl
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 46, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- dziewczyna — mejdo
- dziewczyna — girl
- dziewczyna — mejdo
References
[edit]- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 76: “mejdo ‘medis, l. drzewo’ 10.”
- ^ “mẽdis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. mejdo Baum”.
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 76: “mejdo ‘mergina, l. dziewczyna’ 46.”
Categories:
- Sudovian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Sudovian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Sudovian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sudovian lemmas
- Sudovian nouns
- xsv:Botany
- Sudovian terms with quotations
- Sudovian terms borrowed from Middle High German
- Sudovian terms derived from Middle High German
- xsv:Female people