гайстеръ
Old Ruthenian
га́йстеръ
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish hajstra (“grey heron”), further borrowed from dialectal Low German heistr or Middle Low German heister (“magpie”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Cognate with German Elster, Dutch ekster, Plautdietsch Heista and also probably with Russian а́ист (áist, “stork”) (from Middle Russian а́истъ (áist), а́гистъ (ágist)).[1] First attested in the 18th century.[2]
Noun
га́йстеръ • (hájster) m anim
- (dialectal) stork
Descendants
- Belarusian: га́йсцер (hájscjer), га́йсцёр (hájscjor), га́йстр (hájstr) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: га́йстер (hájster), га́стір (hástir), а́стер (áster), га́рист (háryst) (dialectal)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “а́ист”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “га́йстер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 454
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “гайстеръ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: notebook 1: А – Г, Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 501