вѣверица

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣ́верица (vě́verica), from Proto-Slavic *vě̀verica, from *vě̀verь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēweris, from Proto-Indo-European *we-wer-is, from *wer-.[1][2][3][4][5] Cognate with Russian ве́верица (véverica), Old Polish wiewierzyca.

Noun

вѣверица • (věverica) f animal

  1. squirrel
    Synonyms: вѣ́верка (vě́verka), бѣ́лка (bě́lka)
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-‎ (1 c, 0 e)

Descendants
  • Belarusian: веве́рыцы (vjevjérycy) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ве́вериця (véverycja), ви́верица (výveryca), ви́вірица (výviryca) (dialectal)

References
  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вевірка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 342
  2. 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: “MUk. виверци (XVII c.)”
  3. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вавёрка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 11
  4. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “веве́рыцы”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 80
  5. 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

Further reading
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вѣвериця”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 478
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