paders

Sudovian

Etymology

Zinkevičius: From Middle High German vater, cf. German Vater, with p- in place of v- (= /f/).^[1]
Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing from Latin pater, given the influence of Christianity.

Noun

paderſ

dad
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 138, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  tata — paderſ
  tata — dad

See also

tewſ (“father”)
ate (“mother”)

References

^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 77: “paderſ ‘tėtė, tėvelis, l. tata’ 138.”