Etymology

Chizh

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Belarusian surname Чыж (Čyž). Full definition →

Belarusian чыж ← Ukrainian чиж ← Russian чиж
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*čižь“siskin”
  2. Russian · derived fromчиж
  3. Ukrainian · derived fromчиж
  4. Belarusian · derived fromчыж
  5. English todayChizh

From Belarusian чыж (čyž), Ukrainian чиж (čyž), or Russian чиж (čiž), from Proto-Slavic *čižь (“siskin”).

Words from the same roots

Belarusianчыж all →

Chyzh

Ukrainianчиж all →

Chyzh

Proto-Slavic*čižь all →

siskinCzyzChyzh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.