bazyliszk

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *gʷatiléus

Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλεύς (basileús)

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ískos)

Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos)bor.

Latin basiliscuslbor.

Old Czech bazilišekbor.

Old Polish bazyliszek

Polish bazyliszekbor.

Kashubian bazyliszk

Borrowed from Polish bazyliszek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ziˈliʃk/
• Rhymes: -iʃk
• Syllabification: ba‧zy‧liszk

Noun

bazyliszk m animal (related adjective bazyliszkòwi)

1. basilisk (mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly)
2. basilisk (any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus)
3. (derogatory) snake (treacherous person)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bazyliszek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bazyliszek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “bazyliszk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022