vāvere

From a reduplicated form of Proto-Baltic *war-, from Proto-Indo-European *wewer-, from *wor-, *wer- (“squirrel, small forest mammal”), probably from *wer- (“to turn, to bend”) (perhaps because of this animal's flexible body). Cognates include Lithuanian voverė̃, Old Prussian weware, Russian dialectal веверица (veverica), вевёрка (vevjórka), Belarusian вавё́рка (vavjórka), Ukrainian віве́рица (vivéryca), веві́рка (vevírka), ви́вірка (vývirka), Bulgarian ве́верица (véverica), Czech veverka, Polish wiewiórka, Old High German eihhurno, eihhorno (< *aik-wer-nô, German Eichhorn, Dutch eekhoorn, Persian وروره (varvarah), Welsh gwiwer, Latin vīverra (“ferret”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [vaːvɛɾɛ]

vāvere f (5th declension)

1. squirrel (family Sciuridae)

   rudā vāvere ― red squirrel

   klinšu vāvere ― rock squirrel

   vāveres ligzda ― squirrel nest

   vāvere čokstina ― the squirrel squeaks

• vāverēns