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Ukrainer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-eye-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *krájīˀtei Proto-Slavic *krojiti? Proto-Indo-European *krey-der.? Proto-Slavic *kràjь Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Proto-Slavic *ukrajina Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina)der. Polish Ukrainabor. ▲ Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina) Russian Украи́на (Ukraína)bor. English Ukraine Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English Ukrainer From Ukraine + -er.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) A Ukrainian.
   • If the Ukrainer possessed the art of pleasing, Potemkin knew how to render himself useful; his talents, more analogous to the genius of Catherine, uninterruptedly preserved their ascendant. 1803, Mary Hays, “Catherine II. (Concluded.)”, in Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. […], volume III, London: […] Richard Phillips, […] [b]y Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, page 130:

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