gimna

gimna

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-, the same root as gemd (“to give birth”). Compare Lithuanian giminė̃, Latvian ģimene (Lithuanism).[1][2]

Noun

gimna

1. family; uncles, aunts (uncles' wives)
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 214, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     rodzina, wujki [wujkowie], wujenki — gimna

     rodzina, wujki [wujkowie], wujenki — family, uncles, aunts

References

1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 73: “gimna ‘giminė, dėdės, tetulės, l. rodzina, wujki, wujenki’ 214.”
2. “gìmti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. gemd vb. ‘gebären’; gimna sf. ‘Familie, Onkel, deren Frauen’”.