tatarwis

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *teterwás. Cognate with Lithuanian tetervà and Proto-Slavic *tetervь.

Noun

tatarwis m

  1. (zoology) black grouse

References

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “tatarwis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “tatarwis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 185
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