njewjericka

== Lower Sorbian == === Alternative forms === ńeẃericka (superseded) === Etymology === Diminutive of now rare njewjerica +‎ -ka, dissimilated from *wjewjerica, from Proto-Slavic *věverica (“squirrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“squirrel”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian wjewjerčka, Polish wiewiórka, Czech veverka, Serbo-Croatian vjȅverica, and Ukrainian вивірка (vyvirka). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛjɛrʲit͡ska/, [ˈnʲejərʲit͡ska], [ˈnʲɛjərʲit͡ska]; /ˈnʲɛvʲɛrʲit͡ska/, [ˈnʲevʲərʲit͡ska] === Noun === njewjericka f squirrel (rodent) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ńeẃericka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 Starosta, Manfred (1999), “njewjericka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag