25/07/2022
The Russian word lynx goes back to the Proto-Slavic form *rysь. In word-formation terms, this is a derived noun from praslav. adjective *rysъ "red". It is assumed that the original form was *lysь < i.-e. *lūḱsis, related forms of which are preserved in the Baltic languages (Lit. lūšis, Latvian lūsis), Old Germanic (OE German luhs) and Ancient Greek (λύγξ), which was changed under the influence of the adjective *rysъ (in reddish the color of the animal)