Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoměkъ

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

From *xoměstorъ (“hamster”) +‎ *-kъ.

Noun

*xomě̀kъ m

  1. hamster

Declension

Declension of *xoměkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xoměkъ *xoměka *xoměci
genitive *xoměka *xoměku *xoměkъ
dative *xoměku *xoměkoma *xoměkomъ
accusative *xoměkъ *xoměka *xoměky
instrumental *xoměkъmь, *xoměkomь* *xoměkoma *xoměky
locative *xoměcě *xoměku *xoměcěxъ
vocative *xoměče *xoměka *xoměci

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

Alternative forms

  • *xomìkъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ), хомѧ́къ (xomę́kŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: хомѣ́къ (xomě́k)
        • Belarusian: хамя́к (xamják)
        • Ukrainian: хом'я́к (xomʺják); хомє́к (xomjék), хоми́к (xomýk), хомі́к (xomík), хомня́к (xomnják), хомля́к (xomlják), хомлє́к (xomljék), хома́ (xomá) (dialectal)
        • → Old Polish: chomiek
          • Polish: chomik; chomiak, chómek, chómik (dialectal)
      • Russian: хомя́к (xomják)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoměkъ / *xomikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хомяк”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 497
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “хомя́к”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 350
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хом'я́к”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 199
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