wobsdus

Old Prussian
FWOTD – 25 May 2023

Etymology

Related to Lithuanian opšrùs, Latvian âpsis.

Noun

wobsdus

  1. badger (animal)
    • c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎ (in Middle High German), page 182, line 670:
      Dachz [Dachs]   Wobsdus
      Badger — Wobsdus

Further reading
  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “wobsdus”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 261
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “wobsdus”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 210
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