фїалокъ

фїалокъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• фїѧ́локъ (fijálok)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish fiałek, fijałek, variant of fiołek, from Old Polish fiołek, from Middle High German vîol, from Old High German viola, from Latin viola. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Noun

фїа́локъ • (fiálok) m inan (related adjective фїаловый or фїѧловый)

1. (botany) violet (flower)

Derived terms

• фїа́лка (fiálka) / фїѧ́лка (fijálka)

Related terms

• фїо́ла (fióla)

Descendants

• Ukrainian: фія́лок (fijálok) (dialectal)

References

1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “фіа́лка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 93: “ст. фия́лок, фиа́лок (XVII ст.)”