wirba
Sudovian
Etymology
- Possibly related to Prussian Lithuanian pãvirpas (“peasant”), feminine pãvirpė, virpė́ti (“to shake, tremble”), Old Prussian powīrps (“freeman”).[1]
- Or from *virība, equivalent to wiros (“gentleman”) + a feminine suffix similar to Lithuanian -yba.[2]
Noun
wirba
- woman
- “Pogańske gwary z Narewu” line 19, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- kobieta — wirba
- woman
- kobieta — wirba
Usage notes
The Polish gloss kobieta was a derogatory word until the 19th century.
References
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 81: “wirba ‘moteris, l. kobieta’ 19.”
- “pavirpas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012