Gudija

gudija Lithuanian lt:Baltarusija thumb|Gudija Alternative forms lt Gudia Etymology From lt gudas -ija Belarusian, from southeastern dialectal lt gudėti start speaking another dialect or language. The prior meaning is believed to have been "foreigner, unable to speak Lithuanian"Kamuntavičius Rūstis Dėl Gudijos pavadinimo http://www.vlkk.lt/naujienos/kitos-naujienos/rustis-kamuntavicius-del-gudijos-pavadinimo VLKK 2021 National Commission on the Lithuanian Language 1 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220101100840/http://www.vlkk.lt/naujienos/kitos-naujienos/rustis-kamuntavicius-del-gudijos-pavadinimo 1 January 2022 (compare sla-pro *němьcь foreigner, non-Slav, specifically of Germanic peoples from sla-pro *němъ mute, unclear or incomprehensible speaker), and later narrowed to refer to East Slavic peoples specifically. Further etymology unclear, but possibly from got *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 Goth, first adopted to refer to the Goths, then - to foreign peoples in general.Gudavičius Edvardas Gudai https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/gudai/ VLE Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Pronunciation Gùdija Proper noun f Gùdija lt Belarus Q184 Declension Gudij Synonyms lt Baltarùsija See also References