otmina

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably an alt form of odmiana”)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ɔtˈmi.na/

Noun

otmina f

1. (Central Greater Poland) child replaced by a nightmare

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “otmina”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21