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. 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-Dobrzyń)
      • → Ukrainian: вев'ю́рка (vevʺjúrka), вив'ю́рка (vyvʺjúrka), вію́рка (vijúrka), гав'ю́рка (havʺjúrka) (dialectal)
    • Silesian: wywiōrka