iaunis
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jauˀnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō. Compare Lithuanian jáunas (“young”), Latvian jaûns (“young, new”).[1][2]
Noun
iauniſ
- young
- “Pogańske gwary z Narewu” line 170, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- młody — iauniſ
- young
- młody — iauniſ
- Antonym: ſenſ (“old”)
References
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 73: “iauniſ ‘jaunas, l. młody’ 170.”
- “jáunas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. iauniſ adj. ‘jung’”.