хвоꙗ

See also: хвоя

Old Ruthenian

хво́ꙗ (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *хво́ꙗ (*xvója), from Proto-Slavic *xvòja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *skwoy-eh₂, from *skwey-. Cognate with Russian хво́я (xvója).

Noun

хвоꙗ • (xvoja) f inan (related adjective хво́йный)

2. pine (tree of the genus Pinus)

   Synonym: сосна́ (sosná)

   шостакъ повелъ… по хвоꙗмъ по ѡльхамъ по березамъ ― šostak povel… po xvojam po olʹxam po berezam ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. needles or branches of a coniferous tree

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skwey-‎ (0 c, 5 e)

• хво́йный (xvójnyj)
• хвойна f (xvojna)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: хво́я (xvója)
• Ukrainian: хво́я (xvója); фо́я (fója) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хвоя”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 66