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grosmuter(ka)
a word from vocabulary
Lower Sorbian
by
Hauke Bartels
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Word form
grosmuter(ka)
LWT meaning(s)
the grandmother
Comments on word
Also grosmoterka; mainly used with diminutive-suffix.
Analyzability
semi-analyzable
Gloss
gros-muter(-ka) [grand-mother(-DIM)]
Age
Before 1700 [10] (1200–1700)
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Colloquial
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
The element gros- does only exist in grosa, grosk, grosnan, grosfoter, grosmoter.
Source words
Großmutter
'the grandmother'
New High German
Effect
No information
Salience
No information
Contact situation
Increasing Germanization [10]
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