Вѧцешька

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

From Вѧцеславе (Vęcʹjeslave) +‎ -ха (-xa) +‎ -ька (-ĭka).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Вѧ‧це‧шь‧ка

Proper noun

Вѧцешька • (Vęcʹješĭka) m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Вѧцеславе (Vęcʹjeslave)
   • c. 1160 – 1180, Birch bark letter no. 952^[1], Novgorod (Troitsky excavation, Estate U):

     […] а хотѧть нꙑ ѧти въ ѳомоу съ вѧцьшькою […] и покланѧние ѿ вѧцьшькѣ къ лаꙁорьви […]

     […] a xotętĭ ny jęti vŭ θomu sŭ vęcʹĭšĭkoju […] i poklanęnije otŭ vęcʹĭšĭkě kŭ lazorĭvi […]

     […] and they want to arrest me and Vjačeška instead of Foma […] And a bow from Vjačeška to Lazor'. […]

Further reading

• “Вѧчешка”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025