гайстеръ

Old Ruthenian
га́йстеръ

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish hajstra (“grey heron”), further borrowed from dialectal Low German heistr or Middle Low German heister (“magpie”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Cognate with German Elster, Dutch ekster, Plautdietsch Heista and also probably with Russian а́ист (áist, “stork”) (from Middle Russian а́истъ (áist), а́гистъ (ágist)).[1] First attested in the 18th century.[2]

Noun

гайстеръ • (hajster) m animal

  1. (dialectal) stork

Descendants
  • Belarusian: га́йсцер (hájscjer), га́йсцёр (hájscjor), га́йстр (hájstr) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: га́йстер (hájster), га́стір (hástir), а́стер (áster), га́рист (háryst) (dialectal)

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “а́ист”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “га́йстер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 454

Further reading
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “гайстеръ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 501
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