wąsionka

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Old Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

wąsionka f

  1. caterpillar
    Synonym: wąsienica
    • 1874-1891 [1449], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIII, page 279:
      Illa quatuor, que secundum Jochelem insaciabiliter vorauerunt, scilicet eruca, gl. sc. ipsa waszyonka[m], verecundie, locusta volantis superbie, brucus... insaciabilis avaricie et ut rubigo ardentis luxurie (Joel 1, 4)
      [Illa quatuor, que secundum Jochelem insaciabiliter vorauerunt, scilicet eruca, gl. sc. ipsa wąsionka[m], verecundie, locusta volantis superbie, brucus... insaciabilis avaricie et ut rubigo ardentis luxurie (Joel 1, 4)]

References

  • 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), “wąsionka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN