geits
Old Prussian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta (“corn”). Cognates can only be found in the Slavic family: Russian жи́то (žíto), Polish żyto, Czech žito.
Noun
editgeits ? (accusative geitin or geitan)
- bread
- (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 53, line 9:
- Nouſon deinennin geitien dais noū
mans ſchan deinan.- Give us this day our daily bread.
References
edit- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “geits”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian][1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, pages 343-344