English
Tilsit
Tilsit comes from Old Prussian tilzi ‘soggy’.
- Old Prussianmoderntilzi‘soggy’
- Germanc. 1650–presentTilsit
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Prussianmoderntilzi‘soggy’
- Germanc. 1650–presentTilsit
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Old Prussian tilzi
Today it means
noun Former name of Sovetsk: a city in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Prussian tilzi / Tilsit