хомѣкъ

• хомѧ́къ (xomę́kŭ)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xomě̀kъ, from *xoměstorъ (“hamster”).

хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ) m

1. hamster

   Synonyms: хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ)

• Old Ruthenian: хомѣ́къ
  • 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)

• 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

Inherited from Old East Slavic хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xomě̀kъ, from *xoměstorъ; further origins unclear.

хомѣ́къ • (transliteration needed) m anim

1. hamster

• 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)

• 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