Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xava

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

*xava

Etymology

Derived from a root with extended vocalism *xv- > *xov- > *xav- +‎ *-a, from *xvòja (“needles or branches of a coniferous tree”).

Noun

*xava f^[1]

dry branch or young tree

Derived terms

*xavotьnъ

Related terms

*xujь

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 23

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 23

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