Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorniti

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

Denominative verb from *xorna (food, fodder).[1]

  • Per Derksen, possibly a borrowing from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (xᵛarəna, food).[1]
  • Per Vasmer, related to Latin servō (to save) (infinitive servāre), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬉 (haraitē, to beware, to take care), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hauruuaiti, to guard); the connection with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (xᵛarəna, food) is "difficult".[2]

Verb

*xorniti

  1. to feed
  2. to protect

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хоронити (xoroniti) (11th century)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: chrániti
    • Polabian: xornĕ (to feed, 3sg.)
    • Old Polish: chronić
    • Old Slovak: chrániť
      • Pannonian Rusyn: хранїц (xranjic, to defend, to protect, to preserve)
      • Slovak: chrániť (to defend, to protect, to preserve)
    • Slovincian: chônjic (to protect)
  • Romanian: hrăni (to feed)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*xorniti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хоро́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “храни́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 354
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 78