Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xajati

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

Has been compared to Tocharian A ske (zeal, effort) and Tocharian B skai- (to strive, attemp).

Verb

*xajati

  1. to care for, to look after

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ха́ять (xájatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ха́яти (xájaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱈⰰⱑⱅⰻ (xaěti)
      Old Cyrillic script: хаꙗти (xajati)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ха̏јати
      Latin script: hȁjati
    • Slovene: hájati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chajať (dialectal)
    • Polish: chajać (dialectal)
    • >? Silesian: chajać
    • Pomeranian:
      • >? Slovincian: χajac

Further reading

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