wirba
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Possibly related to Prussian Lithuanian pãvirpas (“peasant”), feminine pãvirpė, virpė́ti (“to shake, tremble”), Old Prussian powīrps (“freeman”).[1]
- Or from *virība, equivalent to wiros (“gentleman”) + a feminine suffix similar to Lithuanian -yba.[2]
Noun
[edit]wirba
- woman
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 19, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
Usage notes
[edit]The Polish gloss kobieta was a derogatory word until the 19th century.
References
[edit]- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 81: “wirba ‘moteris, l. kobieta’ 19.”
- ^ “pavirpas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012