wałda
See also: walda
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], related to Latvian valuôda (“language”) and Lithuanian valandà (“hour”) (semantic development unclear). Further etymology unclear.[1][2]
Noun
wałda
- language
- 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 124:
- język — wałda
- language
References
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 80: “wałda ‘kalba, l. język’ 124.”
- ^ “valandà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. wałda sf. ‘Sprache’”.