ackijwistu

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Old Prussian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • akiwijsti

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Polish oczywiście, with ackis (“eye”) as the former component.

Adverb[edit]

ackijwistu

  1. obviously, clearly
  2. widely, publicly
    • (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 125, line 7:
      Tyt quoi
      tijlaiti ioūs mennei en [b] ſteſſei / deicktan
      attrātwei / Sēnku akiwijſti poſinnāts
      wīrſt / nokan [c] tāns / Crixtits poſtānai.
      So please answer me on his behalf, so that it may be publicly known whereupon he will be baptized.

References[edit]

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “ackijwistu”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 60
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