обцекги

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms
  • обцукгъ sg (obcug), обцуги (obcuhi); абце́ги (abcéhi) — Old Belarusian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1598. Borrowed from Polish obcęgi, obcągi, from Old Polish hebcągi, from Middle High German hebzange (whence German Hebzange), from heben + zange.[1][2][3] Compare Russian обце́нки (obcénki).[4]

Noun

обцекги • (obcegi) m inan pl

  1. pincers (tool)

Descendants
  • Belarusian: абцугі́ (abcuhí); абцэнгі (abcenhi), обцэнькі (óbcenʹki) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: обце́ньки (obcénʹky); обце́нька f sg (obcénʹka), обце́ньґи (obcénʹgy), опцьонґі (opcʹongi), о́цанки (ócanky), о́цо́нки (ócónky), цьоньки (cʹonʹky) (dialectal)
  • → Russian: апчуги́ (apčugí), обцуги́ (obcugí), обцё́нки (obcjónki), обце́нки (obcénki), обце́ньки (obcénʹki), обце́ньки (obcénʹki) (dialectal)

References
  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “обценьки”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 146: “ст. обцекги (1598) ― st. obcekhy (1598)”
  2. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “абцугі́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 62: “ст.-бел. абцегі, обцукгъ ― st.-bjel. abcjehi, óbcukhъ”
  3. Anikin, A. E. (2007) “апчуги́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 251: “ст.-бел. абцегi ― st.-bel. abcegi”
  4. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обце́нки”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “обцуги”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 303
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “обцукгъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 303
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