оладьꙗ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλάδιον (eládion), diminutive of ἔλαιον (élaion), from Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon.

Noun

ола́дьꙗ (oládĭja) f

1. thick pancake

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ола́дьꙗ (oládʹja), ола́тка (olátka)
  • ⇒ Belarusian: ала́дка (aládka)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: ола́дка (oládka), о́ла́док (óládok); ла́дка (ládka), ла́дік (ládik) (dialectal)
    • → Polish: oładka, ołatka (dialectal)
• Russian: ола́дья (oládʹja)
  • → English: oladyi, oladi (via plural)
  • → Yakut: алаадьы (alaajı)
  • → Yup'ik: alatiq (via plural)

Old Ruthenian

ола́дьи

Alternative forms

• ола́тка (olátka)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ола́дьꙗ (oládĭja), further borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλάδιον (eládion), diminutive of ἔλαιον (élaion), from Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon. Cognate with Russian ола́дья (oládʹja).

Noun

оладьꙗ • (oladʹja) f inan

1. thick pancake

Descendants

• ⇒ Belarusian: ала́дка (aládka)
• ⇒ Ukrainian: ола́дка (oládka), о́ла́док (óládok); ла́дка (ládka), ла́дік (ládik) (dialectal)
  • → Polish: oładka, ołatka (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “оладья”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 188
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “олатка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 188