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

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