орѣхъ
Old Ruthenian
орѣхи
Alternative forms
- горѣ́хъ (horě́x)
- орі́хъ (oríx) – Old Ukrainian
- оре́хъ (oréx), ѡрѣ́хъ (orě́x), ѡре́хъ (oréx) – alternative spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic орѣхъ (orěxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *o(b)rěxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rēks‑, from Proto-Indo-European *areyis-.[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Russian оре́х (oréx).
Noun
орѣ́хъ • (orě́x) m inan (related adjective орѣ́ховый)
- nut (tree or seed)
Descendants
- Belarusian: арэ́х (aréx), гарэ́х (haréx)
- Rusyn: орі́х (oríx)
- Ukrainian: горі́х (horíx); орі́х (oríx), ворі́х (voríx), йорі́х (joríx), оре́х (oréx) (dialectal)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrěxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 71: “ст.-блр. орех”
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “горіх”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 567
- Rudnyckyj, Ja. B. (1962–1972), “горі́х”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 694: “MUk. горѣсѣ (XVIII c.), горіхы (XVII c.), горѣхи (1737)”
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “арэ́х”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 159
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “орехъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 316