Votiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈvəʊtɪən/,

/ˈvəʊʃn/, U.S.

/ˈvoʊdiən/,

/ˈvoʊʃən/

Forms: 1800s– Votian, 1900s– Vodian Brit.

/ˈvəʊdɪən/, U.S.

/ˈvoʊdiən/.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Vote n.², -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Vote n.² + -ian suffix. With use as adjective compare earlier Votic adj.

A. n.

1. The language of the Votes (see Vote n.² 1), belonging to the Balto-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family.

ΚΠ

1875 Academy 10 Apr. 376/1 The word for iron..is in Finnish and Votian rauta.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 68 The other languages of the Baltic branch [of the Finnish-Lapponic languages], Carelian.., Vepsian,..Ingrian, and Votian, are far smaller, and some of them are near extinction.

2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 June (Late ed.) 2 With no written script and no children who speak it, Votian will vanish when its last speaker dies, probably within a decade or two.

2. A member of a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting an area in north-western Russia near the Gulf of Finland; a Vote.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [noun] > other Ural-Altaic people

Bothnian1658

Ingrian1723

Vogul1780

Wogulian1796

Votian1907

Mari1933

Ob-Ugrian1942

1907 J. F. van Oordt Origin Bantu x. 95 It should be remembered that in the Finn, the Sirjenian, the Votian and all the other members of the Finnish group, we have probably a strong Aryan element.

1994 GeoJournal 33 107 By language and culture, the Votians are close to the Estonians.

2011 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 66 49/1 The Water Spirit of the Votians could take the form of a Water Snake.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Votes or their language.

ΚΠ

1925 U. T. Sirelius Geneal. Finns 18 (caption) Votian married woman in national dress.

2010 Ethnologia Europaea 40 61/1 Some of [the cultural activists]..have roots in Votian villages, but they reside mostly in Kingisepp.

2016 Eesti ja Soome-Ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri 7 30 In Votian dialects, there are words like võra, võrha, võrka, võro, võrho, and verho, which all mean ‘offering, sacrifice, oblation’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	votian
释义	Votiann.adj. Brit. /ˈvəʊtɪən/, /ˈvəʊʃn/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdiən/, /ˈvoʊʃən/ Forms: 1800s– Votian, 1900s– Vodian Brit. /ˈvəʊdɪən/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdiən/. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Vote n.², -ian suffix. Etymology: < Vote n.² + -ian suffix. With use as adjective compare earlier Votic adj. A. n. 1. The language of the Votes (see Vote n.² 1), belonging to the Balto-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family. ΚΠ 1875 Academy 10 Apr. 376/1 The word for iron..is in Finnish and Votian rauta. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 68 The other languages of the Baltic branch [of the Finnish-Lapponic languages], Carelian.., Vepsian,..Ingrian, and Votian, are far smaller, and some of them are near extinction. 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 June (Late ed.) 2 With no written script and no children who speak it, Votian will vanish when its last speaker dies, probably within a decade or two. 2. A member of a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting an area in north-western Russia near the Gulf of Finland; a Vote. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [noun] > other Ural-Altaic people Bothnian1658 Ingrian1723 Vogul1780 Wogulian1796 Votian1907 Mari1933 Ob-Ugrian1942 1907 J. F. van Oordt Origin Bantu x. 95 It should be remembered that in the Finn, the Sirjenian, the Votian and all the other members of the Finnish group, we have probably a strong Aryan element. 1994 GeoJournal 33 107 By language and culture, the Votians are close to the Estonians. 2011 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 66 49/1 The Water Spirit of the Votians could take the form of a Water Snake. B. adj. Of or relating to the Votes or their language. ΚΠ 1925 U. T. Sirelius Geneal. Finns 18 (caption) Votian married woman in national dress. 2010 Ethnologia Europaea 40 61/1 Some of [the cultural activists]..have roots in Votian villages, but they reside mostly in Kingisepp. 2016 Eesti ja Soome-Ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri 7 30 In Votian dialects, there are words like võra, võrha, võrka, võro, võrho, and verho, which all mean ‘offering, sacrifice, oblation’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1875
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