aswinan
Old Prussian
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₁éḱwos |
From *aswinan (“mare's”) + dadan (“milk”), from *asva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éśwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Compare ructandadan (“sour milk”).
Cognate with Lithuanian ašvà (“mare”), Sanskrit अश्व (áśva), Latin equus and Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos).
Noun
aswinan n
- mare's milk; kumis
Further reading
- Vladimir Toporov (1975), “aswinan”, in Vyacheslav Ivanov, editor, Прусский язык [Old Prussian language] (in Russian), volume 1, Nauka, page 135