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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoxotati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Ancient Greek καχάζω (kakházō, “to laugh loudly”), Latin cachinnō (“to laugh loudly”),Old Armenian խախանք (xaxankʿ, “laughter”), Proto-West Germanic *kahhattjan, Sanskrit कखति (kákhati, “to laugh”).
Verb
*xoxotati
- to laugh loudly
Inflection
Conjugation of *xoxotati, *xoxota, *xoxoťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *xoxotanьje | *xoxotati | *xoxotatъ | *xoxotalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *xoxotanъ | *xoxoťemъ |
| Active | *xoxotavъ | *xoxoťę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *xoxotaxъ | *xoxota | *xoxota | *xoxoťǫ | *xoxoťeši | *xoxoťetь |
| Dual | *xoxotaxově | *xoxotasta | *xoxotaste | *xoxoťevě | *xoxoťeta | *xoxoťete |
| Plural | *xoxotaxomъ | *xoxotaste | *xoxotašę | *xoxoťemъ | *xoxoťete | *xoxoťǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *xoxotaaxъ | *xoxotaaše | *xoxotaaše | — | *xoxoťi | *xoxoťi |
| Dual | *xoxotaaxově | *xoxotaašeta | *xoxotaašete | *xoxoťivě | *xoxoťita | — |
| Plural | *xoxotaaxomъ | *xoxotaašete | *xoxotaaxǫ | *xoxoťimъ | *xoxoťite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: хохота́ть (xoxotátʹ), 1sg. хохочу́ (xoxočú), 3sg. хохо́чет (xoxóčet)
- Ukrainian: хохота́ти (xoxotáty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Church Slavonic: хохотати (xoxotati)
- Bulgarian: кикотя (kikotja)
- Macedonian: се ки́коти (se kíkoti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хохотати (archaic or rare)
- Latin: hohotati (archaic or rare)
- Slovene: hohotáti (tonal orthography), 1sg. hohotȃm, hohọ́čem (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: chochtat, 1sg. chochtám
- Polish: chichotać
- Slovak: chichotať sa, chychotať sa
- Slovincian: χóχotac (“to laugh, to giggle”) (Sychta's dictionary)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: chachotać (“to laugh loudly”), chichotać (“to giggle”)
- Lower Sorbian: chychotaś, chichotaś (“to giggle”)
References
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “хо́хот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 353
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*xoxotati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxotati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 55
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хо́хот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress