barnaj

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *bernas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Compare Lithuanian bérnas, Latvian bȩ̄̀rns, however Old Prussian maldenikis, malnijks.[1][2]

Noun

barnaj

  1. children (plural)
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 101, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      dzieci — barnaj
      dzieci — children

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 70: “barnaj ‘vaikai, l. dzieci’ 101.”
  2. “bérnas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s.pl. barnai Kinder”.
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