Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xolъka

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

From *xòliti +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*xòlъka f

1. withers

Inflection

Declension of *ženъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ženъka	*ženъcě	*ženъky
genitive	*ženъky	*ženъku	*ženъkъ
dative	*ženъcě	*ženъkama	*ženъkamъ
accusative	*ženъkǫ	*ženъcě	*ženъky
instrumental	*ženъkojǫ, *ženъkǫ**	*ženъkama	*ženъkami
locative	*ženъcě	*ženъku	*ženъkasъ, *ženъkaxъ*
vocative	*ženъko	*ženъcě	*ženъky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *xoxolъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хо́лка (xólka) (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: хо́лка (xólka) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
    • Russian: хо́лка (xólka)
  • Ukrainian: хо́лка (xólka)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xolъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хо́лка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 195
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́лка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress