Gudija
See also: gudija
Lithuanian
Gudija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gudas (“Belarusian”) + -ija, from southeastern dialectal gudėti (“start speaking another dialect or language”). The prior meaning is believed to have been "foreigner, unable to speak Lithuanian"[1] (compare Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, non-Slav, specifically of Germanic peoples”) from *němъ (“mute, unclear or incomprehensible speaker”)), and later narrowed to refer to East Slavic peoples specifically.
Further etymology unclear, but possibly from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta, “Goth”), first adopted to refer to the Goths, then - to foreign peoples in general.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʊ.dʲɪ.jɐ/
Declension
Synonyms
See also
- (countries of Europe) Europos šalys; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija
References
- Kamuntavičius, Rūstis (2021) “Dėl Gudijos pavadinimo”, in VLKK, National Commission on the Lithuanian Language, archived from the original on 1 January 2022
- Gudavičius, Edvardas ((Can we date this quote?)) “Gudai”, in VLE, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
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