хаосъ

See also: хаос

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Noun

хаосъ • (xaos) m

  1. chaos
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants
  • Belarusian: хао́с (xaós)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ха́ос (xáos)
  • Ukrainian: ха́о́с (xáós)

Further reading
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хаосъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 49
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