zirgo

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źirˀgás, further etymology unclear. Compare Lithuanian žìrgas, Latvian zîrgs, Old Prussian sirgis.[1][2]

Noun

zirgo

  1. (zoology) horse
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 94, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      koń — zirgo
      koń — horse

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 82: “zirgo ‘arklys, l. koń’ 94.”
  2. “žìrgas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. zirgo s. ‘Pferd’”.
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