Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From оу (u, beside, at) +‎ краи (krai, land, edge) +‎ -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrɑjinɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrajina/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrajina/

Noun edit

украина (ukrainaf

  1. boundary, outskirts, borderland

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic оукра́ина (ukráina), from оу- (u-) + краи (krai) +‎ -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Noun edit

украина (ukrainaf inan

  1. boundary, outskirts, borderland
  2. land, country

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вкраина; украина”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 262
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*оукраина”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 474
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “вкраина¹; украина¹”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “украина, вкраина, украйна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 355
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003), “украина”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 424