weda
Sudovian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *wed-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-. Related to Lithuanian vèsti (“to guide, lead”), Latvian vest (“to lead”), Old Prussian westwey (“to lead”).[1][2]
Noun
editweda
- trail, route
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 126, (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 81: “weda ‘kelias, l. szlach’ 126.”
- ^ “vèsti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. weda s. ‘Landstraße’”.
West Makian
editEtymology
editAn unexplained alteration of peda.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editweda
- Alternative form of peda (“machete”)
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics