u̯er-13

    u̯er-13

    English meaning: squirrel, etc..

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Eichhorn, also Iltis, Marder under likewise”

    Note: in den certainly Zugehörigen with Redupl. u̯er-u̯er-, u̯e-u̯er-, u̯ai-u̯er-, u̯i-u̯er-, u̯ü-u̯er-

    Material: Pers. varvarah “Eichhorn”; Lat. vīverra f. “Frettchen” (*vī-ver-sa); Welsh gwiwer, Bret. gwiber from dem Lat.; unclear Ir. iora rūadh, schott.-Gael. feorag; Bal.-Slav. *u̯ēu̯er- and *u̯üu̯er- *u̯aiu̯er- f. “Eichhörnchen” in Lith. vaiverìs (vaivaras, vaivarys) “Männchen of polecat or marten”, vaivere ̃, vovere ̃ “Eichhorn”; Ltv. vãvere, vüveris ds.; O.Pruss.weware ds.; aRuss. věverica, nSlov. vẹ́verica “Eichhorn”, Clr. vyvirka, Cz. veverka, Bulg. ververica ds.; not reduplicated in 2. part from O.E. üc-weorna, O.S. ēkorne, O.H.G. eihhurno, eihhorn etc. “Eichhorn” (see below *aig- ‘sich violent bewegen”).

    References: WP. I 287 f., WH. III 808, Trautmann 356, Vasmer 1, 176.