хомѣкъ
Old East Slavic
Alternative forms
- хомѧ́къ (xomę́kŭ)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xomě̀kъ, from *xoměstorъ (“hamster”).
Noun
хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ) m
- hamster
- Synonyms: хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ)
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: хомѣ́къ (xomě́k)
- Belarusian: хамя́к (xamják)
- Ukrainian: хом'я́к (xomʺják); хомє́к (xomjék), хоми́к (xomýk), хомі́к (xomík), хомня́к (xomnják), хомля́к (xomlják), хомлє́к (xomljék), хома́ (xomá) (dialectal)
- → Old Polish: chomiek
- Polish: chomik; chomiak, chómek, chómik (dialectal)
- Russian: хомя́к (xomják)
- → Bulgarian: хо́мяк (hómjak)
Further reading
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “хомѣкъ = хомѧкъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3: Р – Ꙗ и дополненія, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1386
Old Ruthenian
хомѣ́къ
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xomě̀kъ, from *xoměstorъ; further origins unclear.
Noun
хомѣ́къ • (xomě́k) m anim
- hamster
Descendants
- Belarusian: хамя́к (xamják)
- Ukrainian: хом'я́к (xomʺják); хомє́к (xomjék), хоми́к (xomýk), хомі́к (xomík), хомня́к (xomnják), хомля́к (xomlják), хомлє́к (xomljék), хома́ (xomá) (dialectal)
- → Old Polish: chomiek
- Polish: chomik; chomiak, chómek, chómik (dialectal)
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “хомѣкъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2: Н – Ѳ, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 512