Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *arˀtāˀjas. Cognate with Latvian arãjs (ploughman, farmer), Old Prussian artoys (farmer), Proto-Slavic *ortajь (ploughman, farmer).

Noun edit

artójas m (plural artójai) stress pattern 1

  1. ploughman, farmer

Inflection edit

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “artojas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62