English Explanatory Dictionary

Yarovit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.

Word forms

Yarovit Yarovits Iarovit Yerovit Ierovit

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Gerovit (possibly via Slavic languages), from Old Polabian *Jerovit, from Old Polabian equivalents of Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vigorous, strong”) + *-o- + *-vitъ.

Related words

Svetovit Rugiaevit Porevit Borovit Perunits Chernoglav Pizamar Radogost Zhiva Triglav Podaga
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