Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrǫščь

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.

From *xrǫstъ +‎ *-jь, ultimately of imitative origin, similar to Russian хруст (xrust, “crunch”).

*xrǫ̃ščь m

1. cockchafer, scarab

• *xrǫščalь (“cartilage”)

• *xręščь (“gristle”)
• *xręstati (“to crackle”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: хрущъ (xrušč)
      • Belarusian: хрушч (xrušč)
      • Ukrainian: хрущ (xrušč)
    • Middle Russian: хрущъ (xrušč)
      • Russian: хрущ (xrušč) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: хрѫщь (xrǫštĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱈⱃⱘⱋⱐ (xrǫštĭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хрушт

    Latin script: hrušt

  • Slovene: hrȍšč (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chroust, křų̊ść (dialectal), Chříč
  • Kashubian: chrząszcz
  • Polish: chrząszcz
  • Slovak: chrúst
  • Slovincian: chrõszcz
  • Lower Sorbian: chrust

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хрущ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrǫščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 105