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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorovitъ

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

From *xorъ (dark, black) + *-ovitъ.

Adjective

*xorovitъ[1]

  1. (East Slavic) beautiful, handsome

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *хоровитъ (*xorovitŭ)
      • Russian: (dialectal) хоро́витый (xoróvityj, beautiful; kind, fine)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorovitъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 81

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