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Russian
Etymology
From весну́ха (vesnúxa, “freckle; fever”) + -ка (-ka). Per Vasmer, the original meaning of весну́ха (vesnúxa) was approximately "spring disease", from весна́ (vesná, “spring”).
Pronunciation
Noun
весну́шка • (vesnúška) f inan (genitive весну́шки, nominative plural весну́шки, genitive plural весну́шек, relational adjective весну́шечный, diminutive весну́шечка)
- freckle
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веснуха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веснушка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “веснушка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146