крокодилъ

Old Ruthenian

крокоди́лъ

Alternative forms

  • крокоды́лъ, крокоды́ль

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krokodil or Polish krokodyl, borrowed from Latin crocodīlus, borrowed from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).[1][2] Doublet of коркоди́лъ. Cognate with Russian крокоди́л (krokodíl) (from Middle Russian крокоди́лъ (krokodíl), first attested in the mid 1600s).[3] First attested in the early 1600s.

Noun

крокоди́лъ (transliteration needed) m anim (related adjective крокоди́ловый)

  1. crocodile
    Synonym: (archaic) коркоди́лъ

Descendants

  • Belarusian: кракадзі́л (krakadzíl)
  • Rusyn: крокоді́л (krokodíl)
  • Ukrainian: крокоди́л (krokodýl)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), крокоди́л”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 101
  2. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), кракадзі́л”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
  3. Filin, F. P., editor (1981), крокодилъ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ – 17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 8 (крада – лящина), Moscow: Nauka, page 69

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