Dėl prūsų etnonimo reikšmės ir kilmės

Dėl prūsų etnonimo reikšmės ir kilmės

<p><strong>ON THE MEANING AND ETYMOLOGY OF THE OLD PRUSSIAN ETHNIC NAME</strong></p><p><em>Summary</em></p>The attested adjective OPr. <em>prūsiskan </em>“Prussian” evidently is derived from the Old Prussian noun <em>*prūsis </em&g...

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Main Author: Simas Karaliūnas
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University 2011-05-01
Series:Baltistica
Subjects:
etimologija
prūsų etnonimas
leksika
Online Access:http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/1221
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Summary:<p><strong>ON THE MEANING AND ETYMOLOGY OF THE OLD PRUSSIAN ETHNIC NAME</strong></p><p><em>Summary</em></p>The attested adjective OPr. <em>prūsiskan </em>“Prussian” evidently is derived from the Old Prussian noun <em>*prūsis </em>resp. <em>*prūsas. </em>It is also assumed that the Old Prussian ethnic name might have develop­ed by the semantic change “increase, grow, rise”, “crowd, throng, multitude” which may be illustrated by several examples (cf. the etymologies of Lith. <em>tautà, liáudis, </em>Lat.<em>plēbs, </em>Gr. πλη̃ϑος etc.). It is Lith. <em>prùsti </em>and Latv. <em>praũstiês </em>that just have the needed meaning “increase, grow, rise”.
ISSN:0132-6503
2345-0045

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