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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojica

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 +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*xvojica f

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Serbo-Croatian: hvòjica f (< hvója)
    • Slovene: hójica f (“spruce”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: chvojicě f (< chvojě)
    • Polish: choica f (“pine”)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: chójca f (“pine”)
      • Upper Sorbian: khójca f (“pine tree”)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvojica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 126
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