Pitrõg

Livonian

Etymology

Historically Pudteraggen – Latvian Pitrags, Livonian Pitrõg. According to V. Kiprasky this term might be a compound of põddõrz (moose, elk) + aigā (coast, edge) and ⟨u⟩ in 16th century writing could reflect Latvian pronunciation of the term. In Livonian itself a shift õ > ü > i could have taken place. This is not without problems, however, as such a shift has taken place in the western dialect of Livonian, however, Pitrags is located within the area of the eastern dialect.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pitrəɡ/

Proper noun

Pitrõg

  1. Pitrags (a village in Courland, Latvia)

Declension

Usage notes

This term has open space locative forms: allative Pitrõgõlõ, adessive Pitrõgõl, ablative Pitrõgõld.

References

  1. Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220
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