pailă

See also: paila

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Piele. Compare Kashubian pila and Upper Sorbian pila.

Noun

pailă f

  1. duck

References

  • Polański, Kazimierz (1973), “pailă”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 472
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “pailă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 105