Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojь

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajas, from Proto-Indo-European *skwoy-os, from *skwey- (needle, prickle, thorn).

Noun

*xvojь m

  1. Alternative form of *xvoja

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *хвои (*xvoi)
      • хвой m (xvoj, coniferous forest; brushwood; twigs) (dialectal, archaic)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoja / *xvojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 125