веник

• вѣ́никъ (vě́nik) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣникъ (věnikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnikъ, from *věnъ (“wreath”) + *-ikъ, details of further origin unclear (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁y-nos or derived later) but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, wind, weave”).

Cognate to вен (ven), вене́ц (venéc), вено́к (venók), ве́йка (véjka), вить (vitʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲenʲɪk]

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ве́ник • (vénik) m inan (genitive ве́ника, nominative plural ве́ники, genitive plural ве́ников)

1. broom, besom

   Synonym: метла́ (metlá)

• ве́никовый (vénikovyj)
• ве́ничный (véničnyj)

• → Bashkir: миндек (mindek)