Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yarovit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yarovit
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.

Example Sentences

"god Yarovit"
"But a clergyman named Dietrich, who had gone ahead of them and had approached the doors of the temple, not knowing where to turn, boldly burst into the shrine itself, and, seeing a golden shield hanging on the wall which had been dedicated to Yarovit, their god of war, and which they considered it unlawful to touch, seized the shield and faced them."

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.

Word Breakdown

Root: *jarъ

Inflected Forms

Yarovits (plural) Iarovit (alternative) Yerovit (alternative) Ierovit (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Svetovit Rugiaevit Porevit Borovit Perunits Chernoglav Pizamar Radogost

Questions

What does yarovit mean?: Polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.
Where does yarovit come from?: 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.

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