Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojica

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

From *xvoja +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*xvojica f

Related terms

• *xvojina
• *xvojьka
• *xvojьnъ

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: hvòjica f (< hvója)
  • Slovene: hójica f (“spruce”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: chvojicě f (< chvojě)
  • Polish: choica f (“pine”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chójca f (“pine”)
    • Upper Sorbian: khójca f (“pine tree”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvojica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 126