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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic Черно́бꙑль (Černóbylĭ), Чьрно́бꙑль (Čĭrnóbylĭ), from черно́бꙑль (černóbylĭ), чьрно́бꙑль (čĭrnóbylĭ, “mugwort”), from Proto-Slavic *čьrnobylь. Cognate with Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).
Proper noun
Чорно́быль • (Čornóbylʹ) m inan
- Chernobyl (a city in Ukraine)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*Чорнобыль”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 547
- Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Чьрнобыль”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 174