Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic вꙑ́ꙗ (výja), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вꙑꙗ (vyja), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vyja; further origins unclear.[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian вы́я (výja), Middle Russian воꙗ (voja), Old Polish wyja, Old Czech vyja.

Noun edit

выꙗ (vyjaf inan

  1. (anatomy) neck
    Synonyms: шы́ꙗ (šýja), коркъ (kork)

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: вы́я (výja) (archaic, rare)

References edit

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вы́я”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 293
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “завы́ек”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 283
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2015) “вы́я”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 221

Further reading edit

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “выя”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 477
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1985), “выя”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 6 (выостреный – глядати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 220
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “выя, вия, выѧ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 122