Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytrъ

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.

Morphologically *xyt- +‎ *-rъ. The stem *xyt- is a zero-grade variant of *xvatiti (“to grasp, to catch”). Of the same origin is also Russian хищник (xiščnik, “predator”). Ultimately, the lemma likely shares the same origin as *xъtěti (“to want, to intend”).

*xytrъ

1. cunning, sly, wise

Accent paradigm b.

• *xytrostь
• *xytrьcь
• *xytrovati (“to palter, to finesse”)

• *xvatъ (“grasp, catch”)
  • *xvatъka (“grip”)
  • *xvatiti (“to suffice”)
  • *xvaťati (“to catch”)
• Pre-Slavic *xytъ, *xutъ
  • *xutъkъ (“fast, agile”)
  • *xytiti (“to abduct, to snatch”)
  • *xyťьnъ (“predacious”)
  • *xyťьnikъ (“predator”)
• *xъtěti (possibly)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хꙑтръ (xytrŭ)
    • Belarusian: хі́тры (xítry)
    • Russian: хи́трый (xítryj)
    • Ukrainian: хи́трий (xýtryj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: хꙑтръ (xytrŭ)
  • Bulgarian: хи́тър (hítǎr)
  • Macedonian: итар (itar)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хи̏тар

    Latin script: hȉtar

  • Slovene: híter (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: chytrý
    • Czech: chytrý
  • Polish: chytry
  • Slovak: chytrý
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: chětry
    • Lower Sorbian: chytšy

• Non-Slavic:
• → Yiddish: כיטרע (khitre)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хитрый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress