Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xobotъ
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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
Unclear. Possibly deverbal from unattested *xobotěti with Lithuanian kabė́ti (“to hang”) as close cognate.
Noun
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xȍbotъ | *xȍbota | *xȍboti |
| genitive | *xȍbota | *xobotù | *xobòtъ |
| dative | *xȍbotu | *xobotomà | *xobotòmъ |
| accusative | *xȍbotъ | *xȍbota | *xȍboty |
| instrumental | *xȍbotъmь, *xȍbotomь* | *xobotomà | *xobotý |
| locative | *xȍbotě | *xobotù | *xobotě̃xъ |
| vocative | *xobote | *xȍbota | *xȍboti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: хоботъ (xobotŭ)
- Bulgarian: хобот (hobot)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: хо̀бот
- Latin script: hòbot
- ⇒ Cyrillic script: хо̀ботница
- ⇒ Latin script: hòbotnica
- Slovene: hobòt (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “xobotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 46
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hobotnica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
- ^ Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “χobot”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 2, →ISBN, page 303
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́бот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “chobot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “chobot”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 232
- Václav Machek (1968) “chobot”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého , 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 202