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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъxorь

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 *dъxъ (“whiff”) +‎ *-ořь (“-er”). Named after its foul-smelling secretion.

Noun

*dъxorь m

  1. polecat

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дъхорь (dŭxorĭ), дохорь (doxorĭ), тхорь (txorĭ)
      • Belarusian: тхор (txor)
      • Russian: хорь (xorʹ), тхорь (txorʹ), дохо́рь (doxórʹ), дхор (dxor), тхор (txor)
      • Ukrainian: тхір (txir), хір (xir)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: dchoř
      • Czech: tchoř
        • Moravian (Mistřice): schoř
    • Old Polish: tchórz, tórz
    • Slovak: tchor
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: tchór
      • Lower Sorbian: twóŕ
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading
  • Anikin, A. E. (2020) “дохорь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 274
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъxorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 177
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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