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זאַמעט
‘Samogitia (western region in Lithuania)’

זאַמעט
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דאָס
'Samogitia (western region in Lithuania)'

ETYMOLOGY

MHG Sameiten {frequent in sources from Scriptores rerum prussicarum}; from Old Ruthenian жемотьская земля; from Lithuanian Žemaitija (meaning 'lowlands'); cf. Polish Żmudź; Belarusian Замэт.


LINK: http://www.dovidkatz.net/WebAtlas/13_InterwarZamet.htm
One Woman's Memory of he Extent of Zámet within the borders of the interwar Lithuanian Republic
LITVISH: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz