єлка

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See also: елка, and ёлка

Old Ruthenian

є́лка

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic елъка (elŭka), from Proto-Slavic *edlъka, from *ȅdlь.[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian ёлка (jólka).

Noun

єлка (jelkaf inan

  1. spruce
    Synonyms: єль (jelʹ), єли́на (jelína), єдла (jedla), є́дли́на (jédlína)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ялина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 543
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “ёлка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 186
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ёлка”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 318

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “елка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 202