Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věverъka
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *vě̀verь + *-ъka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēweris, from Proto-Indo-European *we-wer- (“squirrel, marten”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *věverъka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *věverъka | *věverъcě | *věverъky |
| genitive | *věverъky | *věverъku | *věverъkъ |
| dative | *věverъcě | *věverъkama | *věverъkamъ |
| accusative | *věverъkǫ | *věverъcě | *věverъky |
| instrumental | *věverъkojǫ, *věverъkǫ** | *věverъkama | *věverъkami |
| locative | *věverъcě | *věverъku | *věverъkasъ, *věverъkaxъ* |
| vocative | *věverъko | *věverъcě | *věverъky |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *вѣ́веръка (*vě́verŭka)
- Old Ruthenian: вѣ́верка (vě́verka), ви́верка (víverka) — Old Ukrainian
- Russian: вевёрка (vevjórka)
- Old East Slavic: *вѣ́веръка (*vě́verŭka)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ 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: “*věver-ъka ― *věver-ʺka”
- ^ 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: “*věverъka”