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Reconstruction:Old Ruthenian/хохулꙗ
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic *хоху́лꙗ (*xoxúlja), from Proto-Slavic *xoxùľa, possibly from *xaxuliti (“disappear, hide”), from *xuliti, from *xula.[1][2] Cognate with dialectal Russian хоху́ля (xoxúlja), хаху́ля (xaxúlja), and also Russian вы́хухоль (výxuxolʹ), which is from Middle Russian вы́хухоль (výxuxolʹ), вы́хохоль (výxoxolʹ), attested in the 17th century.
Noun
*хоху́лꙗ • (*xoxúlja) f anim
- desman
Descendants
- Belarusian: хаху́ля (xaxúlja), хахо́ля (xaxólja), хуху́ля (xuxúlja)
- Ukrainian: хоху́ля (xoxúlja); хуху́ля (xuxúlja), хоху́ль m (xoxúlʹ) (dialectal)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxuľa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хохуля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 206