Elbing Vocabulary

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Elbing Vocabulary is a medieval glossary that preserves a significant portion of the otherwise poorly attested Old Prussian language.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Prussian language source
medieval glossary
approximateDate 13th–14th century
associatedWith Old Prussian language
Teutonic Order state in Prussia NERFINISHED
attestationContext Old Prussian is poorly attested NERFINISHED
cityAssociated Elbing NERFINISHED
contains Old Prussian words with German glosses
lexical correspondences between Old Prussian and German
contributesTo knowledge of extinct Baltic languages
culturalContext medieval Prussia
documentType historical source
linguistic source
field Baltic linguistics
Indo-European studies
historical linguistics
genre glossary
word list
historicalPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
importanceFor comparison of Baltic languages
reconstruction of Old Prussian lexicon
influences Old Prussian lexicography
reconstructions of Old Prussian morphology
reconstructions of Old Prussian phonology
languageDocument Old Prussian language NERFINISHED
languageFamilyContext Baltic branch of Indo-European
medium manuscript
modernCityName Elbląg NERFINISHED
modernCountry Poland NERFINISHED
namedAfter Elbing NERFINISHED
originalLanguageOfEntries Old Prussian NERFINISHED
originalLanguageOfGlosses German
preservationStatus partially preserved
preserves Old Prussian vocabulary
lexical items of Old Prussian
purpose lexical aid for understanding Old Prussian via German
region Prussia NERFINISHED
scholarlyRelevance primary source for Old Prussian
script Latin script
significance major source for Old Prussian
status extant text
typeOfContent bilingual word list
lexical pairs
usedBy etymologists
linguists studying Old Prussian
philologists

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Old Prussian language hasTextAttestation Elbing Vocabulary