веснушка

Russian

Etymology

From весну́ха (vesnúxa, freckle; fever) +‎ -ка (-ka). Per Vasmer, the original meaning of весну́ха (vesnúxa) was approximately "spring disease", from весна́ (vesná, spring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪsˈnuʂkə]

Noun

весну́шка • (vesnúškaf inan (genitive весну́шки, nominative plural весну́шки, genitive plural весну́шек, relational adjective весну́шечный, diminutive весну́шечка)

  1. freckle

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веснуха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веснушка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “веснушка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146