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]

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) — Middle Ukrainian
    - 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, wiwiórka (Chełmno), wewiórka (Kuyavia), wywiórka (Biecz, Lasovia)
    - → Ukrainian: вев'ю́рка (vevʺjúrka), вив'ю́рка (vyvʺjúrka), вію́рка (vijúrka), гав'ю́рка (havʺjúrka) (dialectal)
  - Silesian: wywiōrka

References

^ Anikin, A. E. (2012) “ве́верица”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 6 (вал – вершок), Moscow: LRC, Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 158: “*věver-ъka ― *věver-ʺka”
^ 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”

[1] Anikin, A. E. (2012) “ве́верица”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 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”

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