A few samples of Old Prussian Language:
Milai ginnis kails
O.Pr. Modern German English
aglo Regen rain
agnis Feuer fire
ains eins one
adle Edeltanne fir tree
ainangemintan eingeboren native born
aina warst war einmal once
aina widai wieder einer in same way, once again
ainunts jemand ,ein unser someone
ackis Auge eye
aclocordo Treibriemen,Kordel driving belt , cord
alu Bier beer , ale
ane Ahne, Grossmutter grandmother , ancestor
angis Schlange snake
angurgis Aal eel
angus geizig stingy , miserly
anters zweiter second, (antlers)
ape Fluss river
abstocle Deckel lid
apus Quelle, Brunnen spring, well
arelis Adler, Are eagle
assanis Herbst autumn
asilis Esel donkey , ass
assis Achse axle
aswinan Stutenmilch,Koumiss Mare's milk
aubirga Koch cook (aubergines)
audat Geschehen happening (audacity)
Many thousands of place-names in Prussia were in Old Prussian language. The river of Angerapp
for example means Eel River . Old Prussian (AltPreussische) placenames were all changed after
the 1945 communist take-over of the land and ousting of the people ( see wikipedia Heimatvertriebene).
Comparison of numbers from 1 to 10
Proto Celtic Proto Indo-Iranian Proto Germanic German Actual Old Prussian English
oino aikas ainaz eins ains , pirmas one
dwoszu dva dwai zwei dwai , anters two
treis trayas oriyiz drei tirts three
kwetwar(s) catwaras fidwars vier kettwirts four
kwenkive pankewa fimf fuenf penckts five
sue(k)s s(w)aks sehs sechs (w)uscht six
sektnz sapta sibum sieben sepmas seven
okto akta ahtosz acht asmus eight
nauin nawam niwum neun newints nine
deknz dakea teha zehn dessimpts ten
Proto Hellenic and Proto Indo-European is very similar
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