Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojь

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 forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajás, from Proto-Indo-European *skwoy-os, from *skwey- (“needle, prickle, thorn”).

Noun

*xvojь m

  1. alternative form of *xvoja

Declension

Declension of *xvojь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xvojь *xvoja *xvoji
genitive *xvoja *xvoju *xvojь
dative *xvoju *xvojema *xvojemъ
accusative *xvojь *xvoja *xvoję̇
instrumental *xvojьmь, *xvojemь* *xvojema *xvoji
locative *xvoji *xvoju *xvojixъ
vocative *xvoju *xvoja *xvoji

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *хвои (*xvoi)
      • хвой m (xvoj, “coniferous forest; brushwood; twigs”) (dialectal, archaic)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoja / *xvojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
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