Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorxoriti

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

Derived from a reduplication of *xor-xor- +‎ *-iti, probably from *xorъ. Previously, an onomatopoeic origin was assumed.

Verb

*xorxoriti

1. to brag, show off
2. to be defiant

Declension

Conjugation of *xorxoriti, *xorxori, *xorxoritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xorxořenьje	*xorxoriti	*xorxoritъ	*xorxorilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xorxořenъ	*xorxorimъ
Active	*xorxořь	*xorxorę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xorxorixъ	*xorxori	*xorxori	*xorxořǫ	*xorxoriši	*xorxoritь
Dual	*xorxorixově	*xorxorista	*xorxoriste	*xorxorivě	*xorxorita	*xorxorite
Plural	*xorxorixomъ	*xorxoriste	*xorxorišę	*xorxorimъ	*xorxorite	*xorxorętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xorxořaaxъ	*xorxořaaše	*xorxořaaše	—	*xorxori	*xorxori
Dual	*xorxořaaxově	*xorxořaašeta	*xorxořaašete	*xorxorivě	*xorxorita	—
Plural	*xorxořaaxomъ	*xorxořaašete	*xorxořaaxǫ	*xorxorimъ	*xorxorite	—

Notes:
• (*)*xorxorivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
  • *xarati, *xariti
  • *xarobylьje n, *xarobura f
  • *xaropǫditi
• *xorъ (“dark, black”)
  • *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
    • *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
  • *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *хорохорити сѧ (*xoroxoriti sę)
    • Old Ruthenian: *хорохо́ритисѧ (*xoroxóritisja)
      • Belarusian: харахо́рыцца (xaraxórycca)
    • Russian: хорохо́риться (xoroxóritʹsja), (obsolete) хорхорить (xorxoritʹ), (dialectal) хорохо́ниться (xoroxónitʹsja)
    • ⇒ Middle Russian: хорохора (xoroxora), хорхора (xorxora) (15ᵗʰ c.)
      • Russian: хорохо́ра (xoroxóra), (dialectal) хорхо́ра (xorxóra), харахо́ра (xaraxóra), хорхо́р (xorxór)
        • ⇒ Russian: (dialectal) хархара́тый (xarxarátyj)
        • ⇒ Russian: (dialectal) хахо́рый (xaxóryj), хахо́рой (xaxóroj)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: (dialectal) храхор (hrahor, “uneven place”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • ⇒? Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal) χoχōrȍ (“uplifted, raised”, adverb)

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “хорохо́риться”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 352