Old Prussian


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

Origin of Old Prussian

1
First recorded in 1870–75

Words Nearby Old Prussian

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How to use Old Prussian in a sentence

  • In Old Prussian, thunder was percunos, and in Lettish to the present day pérkons is thunder, god of thunder.

British Dictionary definitions for Old Prussian

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

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