DICTIONARY OF REVIVED PRUSSIAN:

perl`nkei III, i.e. [perlank’a] with the generalization of the ending -a/-ai, -e /-ei,
Lith. praet. lenkë), the suffixed (presta–pretta, attested praes. 1 pl. poprestemai
III, Lith. praet. prato), infixed (palînka–palikka, attetsed praes. polînka III) or
apophonic stems (rçisa–rissa, gabja–gûbi, attested inf. perrçist, but partic. praet.
pass. senrists III, Lith. praes. gobia, attested partic. praet. pass. pergûbons III with û
< *ô after the guttural) as well as rare instances of stems with the suffixed
preterit (kl`nta–klantçi, attested praes. 1 pl. klantemmai with the 1 st syllable stressed
vs. partic. praet. act. klantîuns). In other instances one should reconstruct some
analytical means as well as the use of the participles instead of personal forms, cf.
praes./praet. 1 pers. as segçi (the verb ‘to do’), but praes. as segînts (< *segîj(i)nts <
*segçjants) vs. praet. as segîwuns, or as bçi segîwuns (as if a past perfect form).
Of course, individual researchers may differ in their views, to say nothing that
all forms above are taken only from the “Yatvingized” Samlandian (cf. above, 3). If
Prussian phonetic was really identic with the Pomezanian one, the reconstruction
should strongly differ from the above examples and should be richer 8 . Nevertheless,
as stated, New Prussian is still based on Samlandian data.
6. Semantic system of derivative elements
With regard to world building, the semantic system of the derivative elements is
established. This does not mean simple listing the inventory of these elements but
rather rules of their sequential use in a corresponding meaning.
These rules, revealed by V. Maþiulis in his etymological studies, are based on
a comparative historical analysis of the derivative material of the Baltic languages.
It is not allowed to etymologize a word comparing it directly with theoretically
related words in related languages and then to solemnly state “This is that!”, because
such a comparison is random and therefore either unprovable or insufficient.
First one must find the nearest source of the word and decide what part of
speech it is (noun, adjective, verb, etc.). If it is a derivative in its turn, one must
define means of the derivation and the change in the semantics due to these means,
as well as the level of the reconstructed derivation. If the level is deeper than the
language under consideration (i.e. Old Prussian), one passes to a comparison on the
appropriate deeper level (with the other Baltic languages on the level of Common
Baltic, with Slavic and Baltic languages and their means of the derivation on the
8 Cf. Palmaitis L. Grammatical Incompatibility.
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