Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъrvatъ

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

Uncertain. Possibly from the Old Persian [script needed] (*xaraxwat-), attested by the toponym Harahvait-, the native name of Arachosia.

Common theories from the 20th century derive it from an Iranian origin, the root word being a third-century Scytho-Sarmatian form attested in the Tanais Tablets as Χοροάθος (Khoroáthos, alternate forms comprise Khoróatos and Khoroúathos).

Noun

*xъrvatъ m

1. Croat

Declension

Possibly accent paradigm a?

Declension of *xъrvatъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xъrvatъ	*xъrvata	*xъrvati
genitive	*xъrvata	*xъrvatu	*xъrvatъ
dative	*xъrvatu	*xъrvatoma	*xъrvatomъ
accusative	*xъrvatъ	*xъrvata	*xъrvaty
instrumental	*xъrvatъmь, *xъrvatomь*	*xъrvatoma	*xъrvaty
locative	*xъrvatě	*xъrvatu	*xъrvatěxъ
vocative	*xъrvate	*xъrvata	*xъrvati

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: хърватин (hǎrvatin)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Хр̀ва̄т, Хрва̀тица

    Latin script: Hr̀vāt, Hrvàtica

  • Slovene: hrvȁt (tonal orthography)
  • Macedonian: Хрват (Hrvat)
• → Latin: Croata
  • → English: Croat
  • → French: Croate
    • → Romanian: croat
  • → German: Kroate
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Chrvát
    • Czech: Charvát
  • Old Polish: Charwat
• East Slavic:
  • Russian: хорват (xorvat)
• Other:
  • Romanian: arvat