вовкъ

Old Ruthenian

вовкъ (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• волкъ (volk)

Etymology

From early волкъ (volk), inherited from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vь̑lkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Russian волк (volk). Doublet of влъкъ (vlk).

Noun

вовкъ • (vovk) m anim (feminine вовчица, related adjective вовчїй)

2. wolf
3. wolfskin

Descendants

• Belarusian: воўк (voŭk)
• Carpathian Rusyn: вовк (vovk)
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: вовк (vovk)
• Ukrainian: вовк (vovk); вівк (vivk) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “волкъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 295
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “волкъ, вовкъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 135
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “вовкъ, вовъкъ, волкъ, волъкъ, влъкъ, вълкъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 137