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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣ́верица (vě́verica), from Proto-Slavic *vě̀verica, from *vě̀verь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēweris, from Proto-Indo-European *we-wer-is, from *wer-.[1][2][3][4][5] Cognate with Russian ве́верица (véverica), Old Polish wiewierzyca.
Noun
вѣверица • (věverica) f animal
- squirrel
- Synonyms: вѣ́верка (vě́verka), бѣ́лка (bě́lka)
Descendants
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вевірка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 342
- ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “ви́вірка”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 382: “MUk. виверци (XVII c.)”
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вавёрка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 11
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “веве́рыцы”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 80
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2012) “ве́верица”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 6 (вал – вершок), Moscow: LRC, Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 158
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вѣвериця”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 478