Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoxolъ

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

Unclear. Possibly from earlier *koxolъ (cf. Slovak kochol), itself possibly from earlier *kosolъ, from *kosa (“hair”) +‎ *-olъ. The irregular development of the word may have been influenced by the semantically close *vьrxolъ (“tip, peak”).[1]

Noun

*xoxolъ m

  1. crest, topknot, tuft of hair or feathers
    Synonyms: *čubъ, *čupъ

Declension

Declension of *xoxolъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xoxolъ *xoxola *xoxoli
genitive *xoxola *xoxolu *xoxolъ
dative *xoxolu *xoxoloma *xoxolomъ
accusative *xoxolъ *xoxola *xoxoly
instrumental *xoxolъmь, *xoxolomь* *xoxoloma *xoxoly
locative *xoxolě *xoxolu *xoxolěxъ
vocative *xoxole *xoxola *xoxoli

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: хахо́л (xaxól)
    • Middle Russian: хохолъ (xoxol) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
    • Ukrainian: хохо́л (xoxól); хахо́л (xaxól) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: хо̂́ха̣л (hốhạl, “ragamuffin”) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chochol
    • Old Polish: chochoł
      • Polish: chochoł, chochół; χaχůu̯ (“forelock, crest, collar”) (dialectal)
    • Slovak: chochol; chochel (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: chochoł
      • Upper Sorbian: khochoł

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 54
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хохо́л”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 205
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хохол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “chochoł”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, pages 63-64
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