Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorъ

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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From earlier *ksarus, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaras, from Proto-Indo-European *skor-os, from *(s)ker- (to scrape, to scrub, to clean). Related to *xarъ (gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby).

Adjective

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*xorъ[1][2][3]

  1. (North Slavic) dark, black

Inflection

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Derived terms
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adjective
nouns
  • *xorostь (beauty, pleasantness; convenience)
verbs
  • *xorxoriti (to brag, show off; to be defiant)
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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: (dialectal) прихо́рний (pryxórnyj, well-dressed) (< *prixoriti < *xoriti < *xorъ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: (dialectal) chory (dark, black)
      • Czech: chorýš m (black bread)
    • Polish: chory (black (about flour, bread))

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorъjь?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 83
  2. ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хороший”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 498:*хоръ(йь)*xorʺ(jʹ)
  3. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хороший”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 203:псл. *xorъjьpsl. *xorʺjʹ

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