жукъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жукъ (žukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žukъ. Cognate with Russian жук (žuk).

Noun

жукъ • (žuk) m animal

1. beetle

Derived terms

• Жукъ (Žuk) (Old Ukrainian surname)

Descendants

• Belarusian: жук (žuk)
• Carpathian Rusyn: жук (žuk)
• Ukrainian: жук (žuk), джук (džuk)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жукъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 942
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*жоукъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 364
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жукъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 181