wjelk

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vʲɛlk/, ; /jɛlk/,

Noun

wjelk m anim (feminine wjelcyca)

  1. wolf
  2. dry rot

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Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ẃelk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wjelk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

Noun

wjelk m animal (feminine wjelčica)

  1. wolf (canid)

Declension

Derived terms

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