Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xręščь

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

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Noun

*xręščь m

1. cartilage

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: храшч (xrašč)
  • Russian: хрящ (xrjašč)
  • Ukrainian: хрящ (xrjašč)
• South Slavic:
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hrešč
  • Polish: chrząszcz

Further reading

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