dontis

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dantís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Compare Lithuanian danti̇̀s, Old Prussian dantis.[1][2]

Noun

dontiſ

  1. (anatomy) tooth
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 5, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      zęb [ząb] — dontiſ
      zęb [ząb] — tooth

References

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 71: “dontiſ ‘dantis, l. zęb’ 5.”
  2. ^ “dantìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. dontis s. ‘Zahn’”.
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