Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъxořь

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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

By surface analysis, *dъxъ (whiff) +‎ *-ořь (-er). Named after its foul-smelling secretion.

Noun

*dъxořь m

  1. polecat

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2020) “дохорь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 274
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъxorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 177
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress