Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorxoriti

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

Derived from a reduplication of *xor-xor- +‎ *-iti, probably from *xorъ. Previously, an onomatopoeic origin was assumed.

Verb

*xorxoriti[1][2]

to brag, show off
to be defiant

Declension

Conjugation of *xorxoriti, *xorxori, *xorxoritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xorxořenьje	*xorxoriti	*xorxoritъ	*xorxorilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xorxořenъ	*xorxorimъ
Active	*xorxořь	*xorxorę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xorxorixъ	*xorxori	*xorxori	*xorxořǫ	*xorxoriši	*xorxoritь
Dual	*xorxorixově	*xorxorista	*xorxoriste	*xorxorivě	*xorxorita	*xorxorite
Plural	*xorxorixomъ	*xorxoriste	*xorxorišę	*xorxorimъ	*xorxorite	*xorxorętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xorxořaaxъ	*xorxořaaše	*xorxořaaše	—	*xorxori	*xorxori
Dual	*xorxořaaxově	*xorxořaašeta	*xorxořaašete	*xorxorivě	*xorxorita	—
Plural	*xorxořaaxomъ	*xorxořaašete	*xorxořaaxǫ	*xorxorimъ	*xorxorite	—

(*)*xorxorivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
- *xarati, *xariti
- *xarobylьje n, *xarobura f
- *xaropǫditi
*xorъ (“dark, black”)
- *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
  - *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
- *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *хорохорити сѧ (*xoroxoriti sę)
  - Old Ruthenian: *хорохо́ритисѧ (*xoroxóritisja)
    - Belarusian: харахо́рыцца (xaraxórycca)
  - Russian: хорохо́риться (xoroxóritʹsja), (obsolete) хорхорить (xorxoritʹ), (dialectal) хорохо́ниться (xoroxónitʹsja)
  - ⇒ Middle Russian: хорохора (xoroxora), хорхора (xorxora) (15ᵗʰ c.)
    - Russian: хорохо́ра (xoroxóra), (dialectal) хорхо́ра (xorxóra), харахо́ра (xaraxóra), хорхо́р (xorxór)
      - ⇒ Russian: (dialectal) хархара́тый (xarxarátyj)
      - ⇒ Russian: (dialectal) хахо́рый (xaxóryj), хахо́рой (xaxóroj)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: (dialectal) храхор (hrahor, “uneven place”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - ⇒? Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal) χoχōrȍ (“uplifted, raised”, adverb)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorxoriti sę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 73
Vasmer, Max (1973) “хорохо́риться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 267: “*xorxor-”