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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojьka

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 *xvoja +‎ *-ьka.

Noun

*xvojьka f

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: хво́йка f (xvójka, “small pine”)
    • Russian: хво́йка f (xvójka, “branches of conifer; pine; spruce”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Serbo-Croatian: hvȏjka f (< hvoja) (rare)
      • Serbo-Croatian: hojka (dialectal)
    • Old Slovene: hvojka f (“spurge”)
      • Slovene: hȏjka f, hójka f (“spruce”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chůjka (“thuja”), chvojka (“savin juniper; cypress”) (dialectal)
    • Kashubian: chójka (“pine”)
    • Old Polish: chojka, chwojka (“savin juniper”)
      • Polish: chojka (“conifer, pine”), chójka (dialectal)
    • Slovak: xojka (“juniper”) (dialectal)
    • Slovincian: chójka f (“pine”)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvojьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 127
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