фїалокъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

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

фїалокъ • (fialok) m inan (related adjective фїаловый or фїѧловый)

  1. (botany) violet (flower)

Derived terms

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), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 93: “ст. фия́лок, фиа́лок (XVII ст.) ― st. fyjálok, fyálok (XVII st.)”
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