Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoliti

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

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ksalīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ksol-éyeti. Represent a continuation of Proto-Indo-European *ksol-, from *kes- (to scrape, comb).

Cognate with Sanskrit क्षालयति (kṣālayati, to wash, cleanse), Lithuanian skaláuti (to wash, rinse).

Verb

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*xòliti (sę) (impf.)

  1. to take care of, to look after

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: хо́лить (xólitʹ, to take care of, to look after); хо́литься (xólitʹsja, indulge) (dialectal)
      • Russian: холево (xolevo, punishment) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: холи́ти (xolýty, to clean, tidy up) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: хо́ла́ (xólá, education, supervision, care) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: хо̂лити се (behave arrogantly, persistently)
      Latin script: hôliti se (behave arrogantly, persistently)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 61
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́лить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “холи́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 195