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Old Prussian
Etymology
Related to Lithuanian opšrùs, Latvian âpsis.
Noun
wobsdus
- badger (animal)
c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary (in Middle High German), page 182, line 670:Dachz [Dachs] Wobsdus- Badger — Wobsdus
Further reading
- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “wobsdus”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian] (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 261
- G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “wobsdus”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath (in German), Berlin: Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 210