Meanings
plural Yarovits · alternative Iarovit · alternative Yerovit · alternative Ierovit
- Slavic mythologyPolabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.
god Yarovit
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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.
Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg
1151, Ebo, chapter 3.8, in Vita Ottonis episcopi bambergensis [Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg]
Origin
- Proto-Slavic*jarъ“vigorous, strong”
- Medieval LatinGerovit
- EnglishYarovit
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.
More words from Medieval Latin, Proto-Slavic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Яровит
- Яровит (Jarovit)god of war
Czech Jarovít
- Jarovítgod of war
German Jarovit
- Jarovitgod of war
Italian Jarovit
- Jarovitgod of war
Japanese ヤロヴィト
- ヤロヴィト (Yarovito)god of war
Latin Gerovit, Herovith
- Gerovitgod of war
- Herovithgod of war
Polish Jarowit
- Jarowitgod of war
Russian Яровит
- Яровит (Jarovit)god of war
Slovak Jarovit
- Jarovitgod of war
Ukrainian Яровит
- Яровит (Jarovyt)god of war
Cite this entry
Yarovit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yarovit
“Yarovit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yarovit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yarovit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yarovit.
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