хищникъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic хꙑщьникъ (xyščĭnikŭ); further origins unclear. Cognate with Russian хи́щник (xíščnik).

Noun

хищникъ • (xiščnik) m animal

1. predator (any animal or other organism)

Related terms

• хи́жїй (xížij)
• хи́жо (xížo)

Descendants

• Ukrainian: хи́щник (xýščnyk) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хищникъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 80