Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xava

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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[edit]

*xava

Etymology[edit]

Derived from a root with extended vocalism *xv- > *xov- > *xav- +‎ *-a, from *xvòja (needles or branches of a coniferous tree).

Noun[edit]

*xava f[1]

  1. dry branch or young tree

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 23