Where does “білячий” come from?

білячий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -ячий, from Proto-Slavic *-ęťь — used after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs).

білячий (Ukrainian): squirrel

Definitions

  1. squirrel

Ancestry of “білячий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ячийused to form present active participles from class 4 verbs (in
2Proto-Slavic*-ęťьused after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs)
Every word from Proto-Slavic *-ęťь →Every word from Ukrainian -ячий →