Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xujь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaujás. Cognate with Albanian hu, hû (“stake, pole; penis”).

Noun

*xȗjь m

  1. (originally) stiff part of a plant (twig, shoot)
  2. penis

Declension

Declension of *xȗjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *xȗjь *xȗja *xȗji
genitive *xȗja *xujù *xũjь
dative *xȗju *xujemà *xujèmъ
accusative *xȗjь *xȗja *xȗję̇
instrumental *xȗjьmь, *xȗjemь* *xujemà *xují
locative *xȗji *xujù *xujĩxъ
vocative *xuju *xȗja *xȗji

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

  • *xvoja / *xvojь (“needles or branches of a coniferous tree”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *хуи (*xui)
      • Old Ruthenian: *хуй (*xuj)
      • Russian: хуй (xuj) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Novgorodian: хоуи (xui) (Old Pskovian)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Lechitic:
      • Old Polish: *chuj; Chuj, ⇒ Łupichuj (proper noun)
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: chùj
    • Old Slovak: *chuj

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хуй”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 221
  • Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “хуй”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 1091
  • Vasmer, Max (1958) “ху́й”, in Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 2) (in German), volumes 3 (Sta – Ÿ), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, →ISBN, page 277
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