хаосъ

See also: хаос

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Noun

хаосъ • (xaos) m

1. chaos

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: хао́с (xaós)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ха́ос (xáos)
• Ukrainian: ха́о́с (xáós)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хаосъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 49