Pitrõg
Livonian
editEtymology
editHistorically Pudteraggen – Latvian Pitrags, Livonian Pitrõg. According to V. Kiprasky this term might be a compound of põddõrz (“moose, elk”) + aigā (“coast, edge”) and ⟨u⟩ in 16th century writing could reflect Latvian pronunciation of the term. In Livonian itself a shift õ > ü > i could have taken place. This is not without problems, however, as such a shift has taken place in the western dialect of Livonian, however, Pitrags is located within the area of the eastern dialect.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPitrõg
- Pitrags (a village in Courland, Latvia)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Pitrõg – Pitrõg – Pitrags
- Pitrags – Pitrags – Pitrags
- Pitrõg – Pitrõg – Pitrags
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Usage notes
editThis term has open space locative forms: allative Pitrõgõlõ, adessive Pitrõgõl, ablative Pitrõgõld.
Declension
editDeclension of Pitrõg (159)
References
edit- ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220