єжикъ

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Old Ruthenian

єжикъ (sense 1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *ежикъ (*ežikŭ), ожикъ (ožikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ežikъ.[1] Cognate with Russian ёжик (jóžik), Polish jeżyk. By surface analysis, єжъ (jež) +‎ -икъ (-ik).

Noun

єжикъ • (ježik) m animal

  2. hedgehog

Descendants

  • Belarusian: во́жык (vóžyk)
  • Ukrainian: ї́жик (jížyk) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “во́жык”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 183

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “ежикъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 181
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