хамелеонъ

Old Ruthenian

хамелеѡ́нъ

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khamailéōn). Cognate with Russian хамелео́н (xameleón).

Noun

хамелеонъ • (xameleon) m animal

1. chameleon (reptile)

   хамелеѡнъ, бѣлка и ꙗщорка все то нечисто есть ― xameleon, bělka i jaščorka vse to nečisto estʹ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• Belarusian: хамелео́н (xamjeljeón)
• Carpathian Rusyn: камелео́н (kameleón)
• Ukrainian: хамелео́н (xameleón)

Further reading

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Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хамелеонъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 47