paders
Sudovian
Etymology
- Zinkevičius: From Middle High German vater, cf. German Vater, with p- in place of v- (= /f/).[1]
- Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing from Latin pater, given the influence of Christianity.
Noun
paderſ
- dad
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 138, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- tata — paderſ
- tata — dad
- tata — paderſ
See also
- tewſ (“father”)
- ate (“mother”)
References
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 77: “paderſ ‘tėtė, tėvelis, l. tata’ 138.”