ꙗворъ

Old Ruthenian

ꙗ́воръ

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *àvorъ, borrowed from Old High German ahorn, from Proto-West Germanic *ahurn.[1][2] Cognate with Russian я́вор (jávor).

Noun

ꙗ́воръ (transliteration needed) m inan (related adjective ꙗворо́вый)

  1. sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
    Synonym: кленъ

Descendants

  • Belarusian: я́вар (jávar)
  • Rusyn: я́вур (jávur)
  • Ukrainian: я́вір (jávir); явор (javor) (dialectal)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), *avorъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 96
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), явір”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 531

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