заѧцъ

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Old Ruthenian

за́ѧцъ (sense 1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic за́ѧць (zájęcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *zàjęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰṓy-in-kos, from *ǵʰey-. Doublet of за́ецъ (záecʹ).

Noun

заѧцъ • (zajacʹ) m

  2. hare

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “заєць”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 223
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “за́яц”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 312
  3. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -cь, -ce”, in Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 97: “zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-”
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měsęcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 193: “*zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko- ― *zajęcʹ < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-”

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “заєцєва кръницѣ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 375
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “заяцъ, заецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 9
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “заяцъ, заяць, заѧцъ, заєцъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 56
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