wirba

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Sudovian

Etymology

Possibly related to Prussian Lithuanian pãvirpas (“peasant”), feminine pãvirpė, virpė́ti (“to shake, tremble”), Old Prussian powīrps (“freeman”).^[1]
Or from *virība, equivalent to wiros (“gentleman”) + a feminine suffix similar to Lithuanian -yba.^[2]

Noun

wirba

woman
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 19, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  kobieta — wirba
  kobieta — woman

Usage notes

The Polish gloss kobieta was a derogatory word until the 19th century.

References

^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 81: “wirba ‘moteris, l. kobieta’ 19.”
^ “pavirpas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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