alwis

Old Prussian

Etymology

Compare Latvian al̂va (“tin”), Lithuanian álvas (displaced by Russian loan ãlavas), Proto-Slavic *olovo (“tin, lead”).

Noun

alwis

  1. lead
    • c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎ (in Middle High German), page 180, line 527:
      Bley [Blei] — Alwis
      Lead — Alwis
  • elwas (“tin ore”)

Further reading
  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “alwis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 73
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “alwis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 5
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