jeszczerzyca

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *aščerica. First attested in c. 1455.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /jɛʃʲt͡ʃʲɛr̝it͡sa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /jɛʃʲt͡ʃʲɛr̝it͡sa/

Noun

jeszczerzyca f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) lizard (reptile)
    Synonyms: jaszczórka, jeszczórka
    • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 490:
      De reptilibus: yesczerzycza lacerta
      [De reptilibus: jeszczerzyca lacerta]

Further reading

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “jeszczerzyca”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN