miszta

Sudovian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian mìškas. Further etymology unclear.[1][2]

Noun

miſzta

  1. forest
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 58, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      las — miſzta
      las — forest

See also
  • gyr (“primeval forest”)

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 76: “miſzta ‘miškas, l. las’ 58.”
  2. “mìškas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. miſzta s. ‘Wald’”.
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