Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xujь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xujь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaujás, from Proto-Indo-European *skow-y-o-s, from *skw-oy- (“needle, prickle; thorn”), from *ksew- (“to scrape, shave, sharpen”), from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”).

Compare Albanian hu (“stake, pole; penis”) (from Proto-Albanian *skuna < *skuja + *-na, from Proto-Indo-European *skow-y-o-s).

Noun

*xȗjь m

1. (originally) twig, cane, arbor (something stiffen)
2. penis

Declension

Declension of *xȗjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*xȗjь	*xȗja	*xȗji
Accusative	*xȗjь	*xȗja	*xȗję̇
Genitive	*xȗja	*xujù	*xũjь
Locative	*xȗji	*xujù	*xujĩxъ
Dative	*xȗju	*xujemà	*xujèmъ
Instrumental	*xȗjьmь, *xȗjemь*	*xujemà	*xují
Vocative	*xuju	*xȗja	*xȗji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

See also

• *xovati (“to take care, to tend; to feed”)

Related terms

• *xvoja / *xvojь (“needles or branches of a coniferous tree”)

Derived terms

• *xujòvъ (“shitty”)
• *xujьňà (“shit, crap”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хуи (xui)
    • Old Ruthenian: *хуй (*xuj)
      • Belarusian: хуй (xuj)
      • Rusyn: хуй (xuj)
      • Ukrainian: хуй (xuj)
    • Russian: хуй (xuj)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: хуй (huj)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chuj
  • Kashubian: chùj
  • Old Polish: chuj[1]
    • Polish: chuj, huj
  • Slovak: chuj

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хуй”, 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 221
• Rudnyc'kyj, Jaroslav B. (1982), “хуй”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 2: Д – Ь, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sciences & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., page 1091
• Vasmer, Max (1958), “ху́й”, in Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 2) (in German), volume 3: Sta – Ÿ, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, →ISBN, page 277

References

1. Aleksandra Cieślikowa, Janina Szymowa, Kazimierz Rymut, Słownik etymologiczno-motywacyjny staropolskich nazw osobowych. Część 1: odapelatywne nazwy osobowe, Kraków 2000, s. 33.