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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojica
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *xvoja + *-ica.
Noun
*xvojica f
Related terms
- *xvojina
- *xvojьka
- *xvojьnъ
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Serbo-Croatian: hvòjica f (< hvója)
- Slovene: hójica f (“spruce”)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: chvojicě f (< chvojě)
- Polish: choica f (“pine”)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: chójca f (“pine”)
- Upper Sorbian: khójca f (“pine tree”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvojica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 126