Old Prussian
noun
a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss
Origin of Old Prussian
1First 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.
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British Dictionary definitions for Old Prussian
Old Prussian
noun
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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