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Jotautas

JÓTAUTAS

Etymology

Cf. lit. Jã-tautas, Jã-tautis, Ja-taũtis, Jã-tovtas, Jã-toftas, Jó-tauta, Jo-taũtis (see). Aggregate surn. For him - cf. lit. surn. Jó-dauga, Jo-gáila, Jó-gaudas, Jã-gaudas, Jó-gela, Jó-gēla, Jó-gēlas, Jo-gel-ãvičius, Jo-gel-ẽvičius, Jo-gelis, Jo-gēl-òvičius, Jo-giela, Ja-gint-ãvičius, Jó-gintas, Jo-kan-ta, Jó-kantas, Jã-kuntas, Ja-kunt-ãvičius, Jó-mantas, Jó-montas, Jó-rudas, Jó-skaudas, Jã-suds, Jã-sūdas, Ja-sud-ãvičius, Ja-sudis, Ja-sūdis, Jó-suds, Jó-suds, Jo-sū̃dis, Jó-vaiša, Jó-vaišas, Jo-vaĩšis (see); lit. pers.n. Jó-butas, Jó-daugas, Jó-girdas, Jó-milas, Jó-nau-das, Jó-vydas, Jó-viltas, Jo-virdas ¹; Ave. Ja-gawde (Jo-gaude), Ja-gil, Jo-mandt, Jo-wart, Jo-wirde, Jo-wyl, Je-ttowte, Jo-kynsl ². The root jo- is positionally more difficult in the second case of compound personal nouns, although cf. Bi̇̀rjotas (see). Perhaps the root jo- is connected with lit. ride, Latv. jāt „idem“, skr. yā- „eiti, vaikščioti, joti“, toch. A yā- „eiti“, Het. ii̯a „eiti, vaikščioti“ etc. i.e. - see Ю. Юpкенас, 1975, c. 22 (there and literature). Cf. T. Milewski, 1969, p. 105. J. Otrembskis believes that sandas should be connected with Lieut. a little jóg, further - with juõ, etc. i.e. ³.

Feminine FORMS

Jotautienė / Jotautaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈjo̟ːtɒʊtɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. K. Būga, 1958, p. 242 - 243.

2. R. Trautmann, 1925, p. 140.

3. J. Otrębski, 1959, p. 212 etc..