Gudija

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Lithuanian

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Gudija

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gudas (Belarusian) +‎ -ija, from southeastern dialectal gudėti (start speaking another dialect or language). The prior meaning is believed to have been "foreigner, unable to speak Lithuanian"[1] (compare Proto-Slavic *němьcь (foreigner, non-Slav, specifically of Germanic peoples) from *němъ (mute, unclear or incomprehensible speaker)), and later narrowed to refer to East Slavic peoples specifically.

Further etymology unclear, but possibly from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta, Goth), first adopted to refer to the Goths, then - to foreign peoples in general.[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Gùdija f

  1. Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

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Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kamuntavičius, Rūstis (2021) “Dėl Gudijos pavadinimo”, in VLKK[1], National Commission on the Lithuanian Language, archived from the original on 1 January 2022
  2. ^ Gudavičius, Edvardas ((Can we date this quote?)) “Gudai”, in VLE, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija