dontis
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dantís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Compare Lithuanian dantìs, Old Prussian dantis.[1][2]
Noun
dontiſ
- (anatomy) tooth
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 5, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- zęb [ząb] — dontiſ
- zęb [ząb] — tooth
- zęb [ząb] — dontiſ
References
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 71: “dontiſ ‘dantis, l. zęb’ 5.”
- “dantìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. dontis s. ‘Zahn’”.