greedy for money or property, avaricious, covetous · insatiable for food
eş: ҡомағай
köken: Unclear. Possibly reinterpreted as having the abessive ending from a Mongolic archetype (compare Mongolian хомс (xoms, “insufficient, scanty”)). See also ҡомағай (qomağay), which is clearly of Mongolic origin and appears to have the same primary root syllable (qom-).
predatory, predaceous (living by preying on other animals) · predatory (exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain)
köken: Inherited from Old Ruthenian хи́жїй (xížij), further probably from Proto-Slavic *xyťьnъ with reduction and change *хꙑчьнꙑи (*xyčĭnyi) > *хижный (*xižnyj) > хижый (xižyj). Cognate with Russian хи́щный (xíščnyj).
köken: Probably ultimately from Latin famelicus, through a Vulgar Latin root *flamenicus, or alternatively from a root *famulentus, from famēs (compare Portuguese famulento), through an intermediate form *flamuentus. A less likely origin is flammabundus. Compare Megleno-Romanian flămund.