Narbutas

Cf. lit. surn. Nár-botas < Nár-butas, Nár-būda, Nár-būdas, Nár-buntas, Nar-bunt-ãvičius, Nár-buta, Nar-būta, Nár-būtas, Nar-but-ãvičius, Nar-būt-ãvičius, Nar-bùtis, Nar-bū̃tis, Nár-gela, Nár-gel, Nár-gēlas, Nar-gel-ẽvičius, Nar-gel-ḗnas, Nár-gelis, Nár-mantas, Nár-montas, Nar-muntas, Nár-tautas, Nar-tovtas, Nar-vaiša, Nár-vaišas, Nár-vaišis, Nar-vai̇̃šis, Nár-vidas, Nár-vydas, Nar-vilà, Nar-vil-áitis, Nar-vi̇̀las (see); Ave. Nartawte, Narwais ¹. Next to compound surnames and personal names with nar-, we have quite a few with nor-: surn. Nór-bontas, Nór-gaila, Nor-gáila, Nór-gela, Nor-gḗla, Nór-gelas, Nor-gẽlis, Nor-gel-ãvičius, Nor̃-gilas, Nór-mantas, Nór-montas, Nór-wainis, Nór-vaiša, Nor-vaiš-áitis, Nór-vaiš, Nór-vaiš, Nor-vaišius, Nór-vidas, Nór-vydas, Nór-vila, Nor-vilà, Nor-vil-áitis, Nór-vilas, Nor-vi̇̀las, Nor-vi̇̀lis (see); pers.n. Nór-tautas ², OPr. Nor-e-munt ³. In addition, the syllables nar(t)-, nor(t)- are quite often in the second syllable of compound surnames or other personal names: lit. surn. Ãt-nar, Bai̇̃-nar, Bai-nar-ãvičius, Bai̇̃-nart, Bai̇̃-nor, Bei̇̃-nar, Bei-nar-ãvičius, Bei̇̃-naris, Beĩ-narỹs, Bei̇̃-narts, Bei̇̃-noras, Bei̇̃-ãvičius, Bei̇-noris, Bei̇̃-norius, Bùt-noras, Bût-noras, Bùt-noris, Bùt-norius, But-nõrius, Dai̇̃-naras, Dai-nar-ãvičius, Dai-norà, Dai̇̃-noras, Dei̇̃-noras, Daug-nóra, Daug-nóras, Daũ-nara, Dau-nar-ãvičius, Daũ-naris, Daũ-nora, Daũ-noras, Dau-nor-ãvičius, Daũ-noris, Daũ-norius, Ei-nar, Ei̇̃-noras, Ei̇̃-noris, Sau-noris, Sau-nõrius, Vaikš-nõras, Vaikš-nõris, Vai̇̃-ãvičius, Vai̇̃-noras, Vai̇̃-noris, Vai̇̃-noris, Vai̇̃-noris, Vai̇̃š-nora, Vai̇̃š-noras, Vai̇̃š-noris, Vai̇̃š-noris (see); lit. pers.n. Lýg-noras ⁴, OPr. Waysnar ‖‖ Wayssenore, Wissenor, Sanarie ⁵. The relationship between personal nouns with one of the two endings nar- and personal nouns with one ending nor- is unclear. I.e. meanwhile, it is not possible to answer with certainty whether the words nar- and nor- are of different origin, or whether they are dialectal, graphic variants that arose due to analogy, due to Slavicization, due to folk etymology, etc. As can be seen from the examples given, some surnames are distinguished by the following endings (nar-, nor-): Nár-butas: Nór-butas, Nár-buntas: Nór-buntas, Nár-būtas: Nór-būtas, Nár-gela: Nór-gela, Nár-mantas: Nór-mantas, Nár-vaišas: Nór-vaišas, Nár-vidas: Nór-vidas, Nár-vydas: Nórvydas, Nar-vilà: Nor-vilà, Nar-vi̇̀las: Nor-vi̇̀las, Bai̇̃-naras: Bai̇̃-noras, Bei̇̃-naras: Bei̇̃-noras, Dai̇̃-naras: Dai̇̃-noras, Daũ-nara: Daũnoras, etc. This circumstance seems to suggest that the surnames in question may be of the same origin, only their suffixes nar-, nor- are the result of various regular and irregular transformations. In such a case, we would have to agree with the previously mentioned idea that the earliest variant of these sands is nor-, which is related to lit. want, desire, etc. ⁶. The isolation of a separate member(s) ⁷ would be more questionable. For the word but- (to be-) see Bùtauts.