wałda
See also: walda
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic [Term?], related to Latvian valuôda (“language”) and Lithuanian valandà (“hour”) (semantic development unclear). Further etymology unclear.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]wałda
- language
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 124, (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 80: “wałda ‘kalba, l. język’ 124.”
- ^ “valandà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. wałda sf. ‘Sprache’”.