Livonian edit

Etymology edit

Kersti Boiko suggests the Latvian name Lūžņa as the source of the Livonian name. Compare dialectal lūžņa (a place where trees have been felled by wind) from the verb lūzt (to break).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lū'ž

  1. Lūžņa (a village in Latvia)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 217