Etymograph

English

Yarovit

Yarovit comes from Medieval Latin Gerovit.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Gerovit
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1151Yarovit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Gerovit
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1151Yarovit

Earliest quotation: 1151, Ebo: “But a clergyman named Dietrich, who had gone ahead…”

The story

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Gerovit (possibly via Slavic languages), from Old Polabian *Jerovit, from Old Polabian equivalents of Proto-Slavic *jarъ (‘vigorous, strong’) + *-o- + *-vitъ.

Every English word from Medieval Latin Gerovit

Today it means

name Polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Medieval Latin Gerovit / Yarovit

Shirt and support for this word