Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъxořь

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

Etymology

By surface analysis, *dъxъ (“whiff”) +‎ *-ořь (“-er”). Named after its foul-smelling secretion.

Noun

*dъxořь m

  1. polecat

Declension

Declension of *dъxořь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dъxořь *dъxořa *dъxoři
genitive *dъxořa *dъxořu *dъxořь
dative *dъxořu *dъxořema *dъxořemъ
accusative *dъxořь *dъxořa *dъxořę̇
instrumental *dъxořьmь, *dъxořemь* *dъxořema *dъxoři
locative *dъxoři *dъxořu *dъxořixъ
vocative *dъxořu *dъxořa *dъxoři

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дъхорь (dŭxorĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: тхоръ (txor)
      • Middle Russian: тхорь (txorʹ), дохорь (doxorʹ)
        • Russian: хорь (xorʹ), тхорь (txorʹ), дохо́рь (doxórʹ), дхор (dxor), тхор (txor)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2020) “дохорь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 274
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъxorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 177
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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