пантеръ
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- пантиръ (pantir), панфиръ (panfir)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic панъфиръ (panŭfirŭ), панъѳиръ (panŭθirŭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰ́νθηρ (pánthēr)[1]
Noun
пантеръ • (panter) m anim
- panther
- Synonym: па́рдусъ (párdus)
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пантера”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 278: “ст. пантир(ь) (XV-XVI ст.), пантеръ (1512), панфиръ (XVI ст.)”