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Old Prussian
Preposition
stwi
- (local) here
- (temporal) then, so
1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 101, line 17:Stwi billa
ſtas ſmunents / ſta aſt ainawijdi kaulei eſſe maians
kaūlins / bhe menſā eſſe maian menſan.- The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh'.
- behold, here goes (call for attention)
- replaces pronominal adverb
1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 89, line 12:beggi tennei budē kirſcha iouſan Du-
ſin / kai quai ſtwi reckenauſnan pērſtan dāt turri.- For they watch over your souls and will have to render an account in that regard.
References
- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “stwi”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian] (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 164