хамелеонъ
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khamailéōn). Cognate with Russian хамелео́н (xameleón).
Noun
хамелеѡ́нъ • (xameleón) m anim
- chameleon (reptile)
- хамелеѡнъ, бѣлка и ꙗщорка все то нечисто есть ― xameleon, bělka i jaščorka vse to nečisto estʹ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
- Belarusian: хамелео́н (xamjeljeón)
- Rusyn: камелео́н (kameleón)
- Ukrainian: хамелео́н (xameleón)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хамелеонъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 47