gerwe
Old Prussian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws (“crane”), from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Noun edit
gerwe
- crane (bird)
- Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
- Kranch Gerwe
- Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
Sudovian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws. Compare Lithuanian gérvė, Latvian dzẽrve, Old Prussian gerwe, all meaning "crane".[1][2]
It seems "stork" and "crane" are switched, possibly due to the similarities between the birds, or a copying error. Compare ſterkaſ, garſ.
Noun edit
gerwe
- (zoology) stork
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 207, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References edit
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 73: “gerwe ‘gandras, l. bośiań’ 207.”
- ^ “gérvė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. gerwe sf. ‘Storch’”.