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Originally навка, derived from Proto-Slavic*navь(“deceased”). Later forms мавка and нявка likely come from association with the words мали́й(malýj, “small”) and нявкати(njavkaty, “to meow”).
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “ма́вка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 349
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ма́вка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
