zirgo

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Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źirˀgás, further etymology unclear. Compare Lithuanian žìrgas, Latvian zîrgs, Old Prussian sirgis.[1][2]

Noun

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zirgo

  1. (zoology) horse

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 82:zirgo ‘arklys, l. koń’ 94.
  2. ^ žìrgas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. zirgo s. ‘Pferd’”.