Old Slavic in comparation with Serbian, Russian and Polish

[Vojnik]

In my dialect we use the word 'kateram' for 'to climb'!
So, if I say "Se kateram na drvoto" it means "I am climbing on the tree"!
"Katerica" is also used for squirrel apart from "Ververica"!
I think "Ververica" is the original Slavic word, while "Katerica" is of Balkanic origin!

We say 'kacham' for climb. Never heard of 'kateram'.

[Vojnik]

I wonder why Bulgarians call squirrel Белка when there is no white (polar) squirrels in the Balkans. Might be borrowed Russian word?

In old Russian squirrel is Веверица, and later became Белка. This means that ancestors of Russians came from south were don't live white/polar squirrels. When they arrived to Russia they noticed that squirrels are white and in time they turned Веверица in Белка.

Borrowed from Russian. Many Bulgarian words are Russian borrowings.

Osvobozhdenieto ostavja v knizhninata mnogo ruski ezikovi (leksikalni pred sichko) elementi…….

The liberation left in the literature many Russian linguistic (in lexicon above all) elements........

Sichki b’lgari govoreha ruski, t.e. njakak’v rusko-b’lgarski cherkoven ezik. Govorimata rech I kanceljarskata praktika g’mzhaha ot rusizmi. Dori turskite dumi priemaha ruska forma…….

All Bulgarians spoke Russian, ie some sort of Russo-Bulgarian church language. The spoken language and council practice was full of Russianism. Even Turkish words received a Russian form........

Hristo P'rvev, B'lgarski ezik VIII, 1958

[Pribislav]

Not exactly the same bro.

Pelikarski: Белка, Дявол, Човек, Звезда, Влага
Macedonian: Ververica/Верверица, Gjavol/Ѓавол, Chovek/Човек, Dzvezda/Ѕвезда, Vlaga/Влага.

Веверица or Верверица came from Serbian verb верање/veranje (верати се) which means climbing. Verb верање existed among Dalmatian Serbs, not sure for Serbs from other regions.
Word Veranda existed among Dalmatian Serbs, and originated from veranje/верање (climbing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veranda

Gjavol is Serbian Đavo.

[Aspar]

We say 'kacham' for climb. Never heard of 'kateram'.

https://www.rastko.rs/cms/files/books/4a6b0a2549129

CTRL + F (kateram)

[Vojnik]

Веверица or Верверица came from Serbian verb верање/veranje (верати се) which means climbing. Verb верање existed among Dalmatian Serbs, not sure for Serbs from other regions.
Word Veranda existed among Dalmatian Serbs, and originated from veranje/верање (climbing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veranda

Gjavol is Serbian Đavo.

Yes i see how it's a Serbian loan word.

[Zzzzz]

In Bulgarian climb is: kachvam, izkachvam and katerya. The root kat \ kach is obvious. Gjavol - гявол is also used in slang and dialects.

[mutabor]

Веверица or Верверица came from Serbian verb верање/veranje (верати се) which means climbing. Verb верање existed among Dalmatian Serbs, not sure for Serbs from other regions.
Word Veranda existed among Dalmatian Serbs, and originated from veranje/верање (climbing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veranda

Gjavol is Serbian Đavo.

Veranda is a popular word in Russian but veranje is absent. To climb in Russian will be "vzbiratsa, karabkatsa".

[Pribislav]

Veranda is a popular word in Russian but veranje is absent. To climb in Russian will be "vzbiratsa, karabkatsa".

Verenje in Serbian is only climbing on the tree, not climbing on the mountain. As I said verenje was local term of Dalmatian Serbs, I herd from my grandparents. I'm not sure whether other Serbian users here know what verenje means.

Usual/mainstream word for climbing in Serbian language is penjanje.

[mutabor]

Usual/mainstream word for climbing in Serbian language is penjanje.

Sounds unfamiliar.

[Pribislav]

Sounds unfamiliar.

https://recnik.krstarica.com/?text=&...sr&dst=en&do=1

What is climbing on Russian?