оукраинецъ
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Оукраина (Ukraʲina) + -ецъ (-ec). First attested in the late 1600s.
Noun
украинецъ • (ukraʲinec) m pers (genitive украинца, related adjective украинский)
- a Ukrainian
Descendants
- Belarusian: украі́нец (ukraínjec)
- Ukrainian: украї́нець (ukrajínecʹ)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “украинецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 356