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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xolpъ

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

Uncertain. Has been compared with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs, half), if so then related to Proto-Slavic *xolkъ and *xolst. Alternatively akin to Lithuanian šel̃pti (to help) and Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 (hilpan, to help). Has also been compared with Ancient Greek σκόλοψ (skólops, pale, stake), German Schalk (joker, rogue) and Lithuanian sil̃pti (to weaken).

Noun

*xolpъ m

  1. bondman, serf, peasant

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: холопъ (xolopŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: хлапъ (xlapŭ)
    • Bulgarian: хлапа́к (hlapák), хлапе́ (hlapé)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: хла̏п
      Latin script: hlȃp
    • Slovene: hlȃp (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Latvian: kаl̃рs

Further reading

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