украинецъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Оукраина (Ukraina) +‎ -ецъ (-ecʹ). First attested in the late 1600s.

Noun

украинецъ • (ukrainecʹ) m pers (genitive украинца, related adjective украинский)

  1. a Ukrainian

Descendants

  • Belarusian: украі́нец (ukraínjec)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Украинець (Ukraynecʹ)
  • Ukrainian: украї́нець (ukrajínecʹ)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “украинецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 356
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