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).
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic хꙑщьнъ (xyštĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xyťьnъ. By surface analysis, хитить (xititʹ, “to plunder, to reave”) + -ный (-nyj)