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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoxotъ

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

Related to *xoxotati (“to laugh”).

Noun

*xoxotъ m[1]

  1. laughter, guffaw

Declension
Declension of *xoxotъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xoxotъ *xoxota *xoxoti
genitive *xoxota *xoxotu *xoxotъ
dative *xoxotu *xoxotoma *xoxotomъ
accusative *xoxotъ *xoxota *xoxoty
instrumental *xoxotъmь, *xoxotomь* *xoxotoma *xoxoty
locative *xoxotě *xoxotu *xoxotěxъ
vocative *xoxote *xoxota *xoxoti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хохотъ (xoxotŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: хо́хот (hóhot) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: hehèt, hehòt (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: chechet, chechot
    • Polish: сhесh (dialectal)
    • Slovak: сhесht
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: khichot

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́хот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 55
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