hantus

Sudovian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German hant, cf. German Hand (“hand”), supplanting native Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (“hand, arm”).[1]

Noun

hantuſ

  1. (anatomy) hand, (possibly also) arm
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 8, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      ręka — hantuſ
      ręka — hand

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 73: “hantuſ ‘ranka, l. ręka’ 8.”
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