Drĕves
See also: dreves
Polabian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German Drêwes.
Proper noun
Drĕves n
- a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
References
- Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “Drĕves”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 126
- Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “Drĕves”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 55
- Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Drewes”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 218