Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xata

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

Borrowed from Scythian *xata, from Proto-Iranian *kátah (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “room, hut, cellar”), Persian کده (kade, “house”), Middle Persian 𐭪𐭩‎𐭪𐭲 (ktk' /⁠kadag⁠/, “house”)).

A possible Wanderwort, see Proto-Uralic *kota (compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”)) for more.

Noun

*xata f

1. house, home, hut

Declension

Declension of *xata (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xata	*xatě	*xaty
genitive	*xaty	*xatu	*xatъ
dative	*xatě	*xatama	*xatamъ
accusative	*xatǫ	*xatě	*xaty
instrumental	*xatojǫ, *xatǫ**	*xatama	*xatami
locative	*xatě	*xatu	*xatasъ, *xataxъ*
vocative	*xato	*xatě	*xaty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *xatъrъčь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *ха́та (*xáta) (dialectal)
    • Old Ruthenian: ха́та (xáta)
      • Belarusian: ха́та (xáta)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: ха́та (xáta)
      • Ukrainian: ха́та (xáta)
        • → Russian: ха́та (xáta) (19ᵗʰ cent.)
        • → Czech: chata; chať (dialectal)
        • → Polish: chata; χata (dialectal, rare)
        • → Slovak: chata
        • → Slovincian: chata
        • → Upper Sorbian: chata
        • → Esperanto: ĥato

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 21
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ха́та”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 160
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хата”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 488
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ха́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress