oh squirrel

[Fredrik]

Runeberg.org has similar explanations.

aik- cognate with eikinn and skr. éjati.
the last part perhaps cognate to balto-slavic words for squirrel and 
marten.
oldslavonic. veverica
lithuanian. vaiveris

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Fick-Falk-Torp:
> 
> "iˆk-verna(n), aik-verna(n) m. Eichhorn. an. íkorni m. (neunorw. 
auch
> eikorne) Eichhorn; ags. aˆcweorna, aˆcwern, mnd. eˆkeren, ekhorn m. 
n.
> dass.; ahd. eihhurno, eihhurn, mhd. eichorn m., nhd. Eichhorn,
> Eichhörnchen. Vielleicht verwandt mit skr. e´jati rührt sich, 
erbebt,
> in˙–? gati dass., asl. igra Spiel. Vgl. an. eikinn beweglich 
(s. aik,
> kaum direkt zu germ. aik Eiche). Das zweite Glied wahrscheinlich
> verwandt mit lit. vovere˙˜, lett. wa¯weris, preuss. weware 
Eichhorn,
> lit. vaı˜veris Iltismännchen; asl. veˇverica 
Eichhörnchen. (27:15)"
> 
> So perhaps referring to its litheness and liveliness of movement. 
> Zoega's ON dictionary has under 'eikinn' "wild, vehement (of fire)".
> 
> 
> 
> > > > squirrel: aiqairna (masc. n-st.)
> > > 
> > > Maybe, or could it possibly be *aik-waírna, man.? Fick-Falk-Torp
> > > refers to *aik- "oak", but says not directly from this word. 
And is
> > > it any relation to widuwaírna "orphan"?
> > > 
> > > I guess it's just a later association with aik but -(w)airna 
could be 
> > > the same as in widuwairna and thiwairna.
> > > But maybe the goths did the same association and wouldve 
written it 
> > > aikwairna.
>


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