< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věverъka

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *vě̀verь +‎ *-ъka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēweris, from Proto-Indo-European *we-wer- (“squirrel, marten”).

Noun

*vě̀verъka f[1][2]

  1. squirrel
    Synonym: *věverica

Declension
Declension of *věverъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *věverъka *věverъcě *věverъky
genitive *věverъky *věverъku *věverъkъ
dative *věverъcě *věverъkama *věverъkamъ
accusative *věverъkǫ *věverъcě *věverъky
instrumental *věverъkojǫ, *věverъkǫ** *věverъkama *věverъkami
locative *věverъcě *věverъku *věverъkasъ, *věverъkaxъ*
vocative *věverъko *věverъcě *věverъky
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *вѣ́веръка (*vě́verŭka)
      • Old Ruthenian: вѣ́верка (vě́verka), ви́верка (víverka)
        • Belarusian: вавёрка (vavjórka)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: веве́рка (vevérka)
        • Ukrainian: ви́вірка (vývirka); веві́рка (vevírka), вові́рка (vovírka), є́вірка (jévirka), лави́рка (lavýrka), лови́рка (lovýrka) (dialectal)
      • Russian: вевёрка (vevjórka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: вје̏верка, ве̏верка
      Latin script: vjȅverka, vȅverka
    • Slovene: vẹ́verka (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: veverka
    • Old Polish: wiewiórka
      • Polish: wiewiórka
        • → Ukrainian: вев'ю́рка (vevʺjúrka), вив'ю́рка (vyvʺjúrka), вію́рка (vijúrka), гав'ю́рка (havʺjúrka) (dialectal)
      • Silesian: wywiōrka

References
  1. 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: “*věver-ъka ― *věver-ʺka”
  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: “*věverъka”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.