кроликъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

First attested in 1519. Borrowed from Middle Polish królik.

Noun

кро́ликъ • (królik) m anim

rabbit
rabbit fur

Descendants

Belarusian: кро́лік (królik)
- ⇒ Belarusian: кроль (krolʹ), крыль (krylʹ) (dialectal)
Ukrainian: кро́лик (królyk)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: кріль (krilʹ); кроль (krolʹ) (dialectal)
→? Middle Russian: кро́ликъ (królik) (17ᵗʰ c.)
- Russian: кро́лик (królik)
  - → Bezhta: королик (korolik)
  - → Ingrian: kroolikka
  - → Karelian:
    - South Karelian: krollikka
  - → Latvian: kraliņš

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кроликъ I”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 167

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