Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvorъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *swor-o-, from *swer- (to ache, fester). Cognate with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬀 (xᵛara, wound), Old High German swero (pain, ulcer).

Adjective edit

*xvorъ

  1. ill, sick

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 206
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хво́рый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress