Gudija

See also: gudija

Lithuanian

Gudija

Etymology

From Lithuanian gudas (Belarusian), from southeastern dialectal gudėti (start speaking another dialect or language). The prior meaning is believed to have been "foreigner, unable to speak Lithuanian"[1] (compare Proto-Slavic *němьcь (foreigner, non-Slav, specifically of Germanic peoples) from *němъ (mute, unclear or incomprehensible speaker)), and later narrowed to refer to East Slavic peoples specifically.

Further etymology unclear, but possibly from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta, Goth), first adopted to refer to the Goths, then - to foreign peoples in general[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʊ.dʲɪ.jɐ/

Proper noun

Gùdija f

  1. Belarus (a country in Europe)

Declension

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. “Dėl Gudijos pavadinimo”, in VLKK, National Commission on the Lithuanian Language, 2021
  2. “Gudai”, in VLE, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, (please provide a date or year)
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