iaunis

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jauˀnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō. Compare Lithuanian jáunas (“young”), Latvian jaûns (“young, new”).[1][2]

Adjective

iauniſ

  1. young
    Antonym: ſenſ (“old”)
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 170, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      młody — iauniſ
      młody — young

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 73: “iauniſ ‘jaunas, l. młody’ 170.”
  2. “jáunas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. iauniſ adj. ‘jung’”.
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