Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čexъlъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative reconstructions

*čexъlo, *čaxъlъ

Etymology

A derivative probably to *čexati, *česati (“to scratch”) in the sense that “rolling up” the sleeve is scratching, or it means “tearing” relating to the mode of manufacture, with the suffix +‎ *-ъlъ. Curiously the formally fitting Slovene word čéhəlj, čéšəlj means exactly a hair or curry comb.

Noun

*čexъlъ m

sleeve
a garment with long sleeves, overshirt

Inflection

Declension of *čexъlъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čexъlъ	*čexъla	*čexъli
genitive	*čexъla	*čexъlu	*čexъlъ
dative	*čexъlu	*čexъloma	*čexъlomъ
accusative	*čexъlъ	*čexъla	*čexъly
instrumental	čexъlъmь, čexъlomь^*	*čexъloma	*čexъly
locative	*čexъlě	*čexъlu	*čexъlěxъ
vocative	*čexъle	*čexъla	*čexъli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чехълъ (čexŭlŭ), чехолъ (čexolŭ), чахолъ (čaxolŭ), чехлъ (čexlŭ, “undershirt”)
  - Belarusian: чахо́л (čaxól, “slipcover”)
  - Russian: чехо́л (čexól, “slipcover”), in dialects чахо́л (čaxól)
  - Ukrainian: чохо́л (čoxól), чо́хла (čóxla, “slipcover”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: чехъ́л (čehǎ́l, “pantofle”, a shoe-sleeve so to say)
- Macedonian: чевел (čevel)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: čechel, čechl
- Old Polish: czecheł, czechło, czacheł, czachło
  - Polish: czecheł, czechło, czacheł (Middle Polish)
- Slovak: čechol, čachol, džachol
  - → Old Hungarian: chahol, chyahol (“a type of shirt”)

References

Stachowski, Marek (2009) “Eugen Helminskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia‎^[1], volume 14 (overall work in German and Russian), page 48
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čexъlъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чехо́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress