wjelk

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vʲɛlk/, [vʲelk]; /jɛlk/, [jelk]

Noun[edit]

wjelk m animal (feminine wjelcyca)

  1. wolf
  2. dry rot

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Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ẃelk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wjelk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wjelk m animal

  1. wolf (canid)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

proper nouns

Further reading[edit]