подсвинокъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

From подъ (pod, “under”) +‎ свинѧ́ (svinjá, “pig”) +‎ -окъ (-ok). Cognate with Russian подсви́нок (podsvínok).

Noun

подсвинокъ • (podsvinok) m animal

1. piglet aged 4 to 10 months

   забрали… подсвинковъ вепрыковъ два, свинки две, свинья кормная одна ― zabrali… podsvinkov veprykov dva, svinki dve, svinʹja kormnaja odna ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *suH- (0 c, 9 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: падсві́нак (padsvínak), падсвіна́к (padsvinák)
• Ukrainian: пі́дсвинок (pídsvynok)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “свинка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123