Wendish (unless otherwise specified, Wendish = Upper Sorbian) has three adverbs for “year”:
- loni (“last year”)
- lětsa (“this year”)
- klětu (“next year”)
Two other words one might easily confuse are lěto (“year”) and lěćo (“summer”).
Also, don’t confuse the above words with lěs/lěsk (“forest”/”copse of trees”). The latter is a good example of the diminutive in Wendish. It means literally “little forest.”
Sehr interesting.
My Grandfather was from Tauer area (Prussia) and settled here in Combermere Ontario Canada as a Master Tailor.
He was drowned on the stern driven paddle wheeler “Mayflower” in November 1912.
Nels Boehme nelboe123@hotmail.ca
Hi Nels,
Thank you for writing. I also have Boehme ancestors.
Anna Dorothea Boehme, born on 30 Mar 1704 in Oppach, Sachsen, Germany; died in Oct 1772 also in Oppach, whose father was Tobias Boehme, married Hans Christoph Mersioffsky, on 6 Nov 1725.
Have you done your Boehme ancestral research? could it be that we are distant cousins?
How well do you know German? Do you consider yourself to be a Wend/Sorb?
What else can you tell me about your ancestors?