Drĕves

See also: dreves

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German Drêwes.

Proper noun

Drĕves n

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew

References

  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “Drĕves”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 126
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “Drĕves”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 55
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Drewes”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 218