wupyan

Old Prussian

Etymology

From earlier West-Baltic *upjan, derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *upē, *apē (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂op- (“body of water”). Prepended with w- via analogy with woble and wundan. From the same root as Lithuanian upė, Latvian upe, Latgalian upe, all of them meaning “river”.

Noun

wupyan n

  1. cloud, vapor
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Wulken   Wupyan

References

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “wupyan”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
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