vǫ̇sĕpuc

Polabian

Etymology

Compound of vǫ̇s (“beard”) +‎ -ĕ- +‎ puckăt (“to shave”). Compare similar Polish golibroda, Russian брадобре́й (bradobréj).

Noun

vǫ̇sĕpuc m

  1. barber

References
  • Polański, Kazimierz (1994), “vǫ̇sĕpuc”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1043
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “vǫsĕpuc”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1973), “Wungseputz”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1544
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