барвинокъ
Old Ruthenian
барви́нокъ
Alternative forms
- барвѣ́нокъ (barvě́nok)
Etymology
First attested in 1642. Borrowed from Polish barwinek, from Old Polish barwinek, barwienek, from Old Czech barvienek (whence modern Czech barvínek), from Early New High German berwinke (modern German Bärwinkel), from Middle High German berewinke, from Late Latin pervinca, from Latin pervincire.[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Russian барви́нок (barvínok), барвенок (barvenok) and Middle Russian барвинка (barvinka) (1534).
Noun
барви́нокъ • (barvínok) m inan
- (botany) periwinkle (plant)
Descendants
- Belarusian: барве́нак (barvjénak), барві́нок (barvínok)
- Rusyn: барві́нок (barvínok)
- Ukrainian: барві́нок (barvínok); барвенок (barvenok), барвинок (barvynok), бірві́н (birvín), бараві́нок (baravínok), бервинок (bervynok), бервінок (bervinok) (dialectal)
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “барвінок”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 141
- Rudnyckyj, Ja. B. (1982), “барві́нок”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sciences & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., page 79: “MUk. барвинокъ, барвенокъ (XVII c.)”
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “барве́нак”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 312
- Anikin, A. E. (2008), “барви́нок”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 209
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “барвинокъ, барвѣнокъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 22