Old Prussian

noun

1. a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. : OPruss

Old Prussian

noun

1. the former language of the non-German Prussians, belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family: extinct by 1700

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Prussian¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The Old Prussian, which is nearly related to Lithuanian, became extinct in the seventeenth century, and the entire literature which it has left behind consists in an old catechism.

From Project Gutenberg