хомѣкъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms
  • хомѧ́къ (xomę́kŭ)

Etymology

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

Noun

хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ) m

  1. 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)

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), volumes 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

хомѣкъ • (xoměk) m animal

  1. 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), volumes 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 512
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