Talk:ālaws
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In Prussian, there is *skārstis (attested form: starstis), which means 'tin', and alwis, which means 'lead'. I'm not convinced there's any attestation of a word like *ālaws with the meaning 'tin'. 70.175.192.217 00:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- I guess, Vytautniks added constructed Neo-Prussian. Compare with: User talk:Beobach972#Old Prussian. --Myrelia (talk) 00:55, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- Huh, actually, there is a word "elwas" - Zinnerz (tin ore) mentioned in the page I cited above. But that's still not ālaws. 70.175.192.217 01:14, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- I don't see it. --Myrelia (talk) 01:50, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, it's here: [1], tr. "In addition to Pr. alwis, Pr. elwas "Zinnerz" is known". There's still a significant difference between elwas and ālaws though (the vowel 'a' is not between the 'l' and 'w'). 70.175.192.217 01:54, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- It's: "pr. elwas „Zinnerz“ (Ziesemer PW I 103)". Ziesemer's work is a Prussian (Germanic; not Old Prussian) dictionary, and at least parts of it were released earlier than 1975 (in Lieferungen). Questions: Is elwas really Old Prussian? Is it attested or reconstructed? If attested: Where? Nesselmann doesn't (seem to?) have it. --Myrelia (talk) 10:22, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, it's here: [1], tr. "In addition to Pr. alwis, Pr. elwas "Zinnerz" is known". There's still a significant difference between elwas and ālaws though (the vowel 'a' is not between the 'l' and 'w'). 70.175.192.217 01:54, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- I don't see it. --Myrelia (talk) 01:50, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- Huh, actually, there is a word "elwas" - Zinnerz (tin ore) mentioned in the page I cited above. But that's still not ālaws. 70.175.192.217 01:14, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- ālaws is unattested for over 2(!) years (while there's attested alwis). Hence: RfV failed. --2003:DE:3730:F428:A061:1BF8:AC91:9DAB 01:58, 12 February 2024 (UTC)