tatarwis

Old Prussian

Tatarwis.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *teterwás. Cognate with Lithuanian tetervà and Proto-Slavic *tetervь.

Noun

tatarwis m

1. (zoology) black grouse

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “tatarwis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
• G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873), “tatarwis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 185