Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xormъ

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kormós.

Cognate with Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk of tree, log of timber”).

Noun

*xormъ m

1. wooden building

Inflection

Declension of *xormъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xormъ	*xorma	*xormi
genitive	*xorma	*xormu	*xormъ
dative	*xormu	*xormoma	*xormomъ
accusative	*xormъ	*xorma	*xormy
instrumental	*xormъmь, *xormomь*	*xormoma	*xormy
locative	*xormě	*xormu	*xorměxъ
vocative	*xorme	*xorma	*xormi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• Old East Slavic: хоромъ (xoromŭ)
  • Belarusian: хо́рам (xóram)
  • Russian: хоро́мы (xorómy) (plurale tantum)
  • Ukrainian: хоро́м (xoróm), хоро́ми (xorómy) (plurale tantum)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: храмъ (xramŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱈⱃⰰⰿⱏ (xramŭ)

    • → Old East Slavic: храмъ (xramŭ)
      • Belarusian: храм (xram)
      • Russian: храм (xram)
        • → Polish: chram
      • Ukrainian: храм (xram)
  • Bulgarian: храм (hram)
  • Macedonian: храм (hram)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хра̑м

    Latin script: hrȃm

  • Slovene: hràm (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: chrám
    • Czech: chrám
  • Slovak: chrám
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chrom

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: hram

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хоро́мы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress