wiros

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Compare Lithuanian výras, Latvian vĩrs, Old Prussian wirs, wijrs, all meaning "man".[1]

Noun

wiroſ

  1. gentleman, sir
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 18, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      pan — wiroſ
      pan — sir

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 81: “wiroſ ‘ponas, l. pan’ 18.”
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