Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoxotъ

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

Related to *xoxotati (“to laugh”).

Noun

*xoxotъ m

1. laughter, guffaw

Declension

Declension of *xoxotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xoxotъ	*xoxota	*xoxoti
genitive	*xoxota	*xoxotu	*xoxotъ
dative	*xoxotu	*xoxotoma	*xoxotomъ
accusative	*xoxotъ	*xoxota	*xoxoty
instrumental	*xoxotъmь, *xoxotomь*	*xoxotoma	*xoxoty
locative	*xoxotě	*xoxotu	*xoxotěxъ
vocative	*xoxote	*xoxota	*xoxoti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хохотъ (xoxotŭ)
    • Russian: хо́хот (xóxot)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: хо́хот (hóhot) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: hehèt, hehòt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: chechet, chechot
    • Czech: chechot, chechtot, сhесht
  • Polish: сhесh (dialectal)
  • Slovak: сhесht
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: khichot

Further reading

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