wobsdus

Old Prussian

FWOTD – 25 May 2023

Etymology

Related to Lithuanian opšrùs, Latvian âpsis.

Noun

wobsdus

1. badger (animal)
   • c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎^[1] (in Middle High German), page 182, line 670:

     Dachz [Dachs]   Wobsdus

     Badger — Wobsdus

Further reading

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “wobsdus”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[2] (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 261
• G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “wobsdus”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 210