Obotrite

English

Alternative forms

Obodrite, Abotrite, Abodrite

Etymology

From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obodriťь (“Obotrite”), from earlier *obъ Odrě (“on Oder”).

Noun

Obotrite (plural Obotrites)

Member of a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany.

Translations

member of a confederation of medieval Slavic tribes

German: Abodrite (de) m
Serbo-Croatian: Bodrić m, Bodrič, Obodrit, Abodrit

Further reading

Obotrite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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