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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъrtъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to Lithuanian kùrtas (“hound”), Lithuanian kur̃ts (“hound”), but unclear if cognate or loaned into.
According to majority viewpoint (Berneker, Brückner, Mladenov, Kopečný), a substantivized participle from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerH- (“to swing, to skip, to frisk”) + *-tъ, akin to Proto-Slavic *skorъ (“quick, sudden”), *čьrstvъ (“agile”) and genetic cognate with the Baltic terms. Attested in adjectival function in dialectal Russian хо́ртый пёс (xórtyj pjós). Possibly also related to Proto-Slavic *čьrtъ (“demon”), Lithuanian skėrỹs (“locust”), and further Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros, “parrotfish”).
Alternative proposals:
- Machek: From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewr- (“to run”), akin to Proto-Slavic *ščurьcь (“rat, cricket”) and possibly Proto-Slavic *kurъ m (“rooster”), *kurica f (“hen”). Without s-mobile: cognate with the Baltic terms for hound and dialectal Lithuanian kùrti (“to run, to move quickly”).
- Trubačev, Vasmer: Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“faint”), akin to Russian мухо́ртый (muxórtyj, “speckled with gray spots”), тьмохо́ртый (tʹmoxórtyj, “dirty green”) and Lithuanian sar̃tas (“light bay”).
- Hirt: Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“snot; dog”) (whence German Rüde (“foxhound”)). Dismissed by most Slavists.
Noun
*xъ̀rtъ or *xъ̑rtъ m[1]
- hound
Inflection
Declension of *xъrtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *xъrtъ | *xъ̀rta | *xъ̀rti |
| Accusative | *xъrtъ | *xъ̀rta | *xъ̀rty |
| Genitive | *xъ̀rta | *xъ̀rtu | *xъ̀rtъ |
| Locative | *xъ̀rtě | *xъ̀rtu | *xъ̀rtě̄xъ |
| Dative | *xъ̀rtu | *xъ̀rtoma | *xъ̀rtomъ |
| Instrumental | *xъ̀rtъmь, *xъ̀rtomь* | *xъ̀rtoma | *xъ̀rtȳ |
| Vocative | *xъ̀rte | *xъ̀rta | *xъ̀rti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *xъ̑rtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *xъ̑rtъ | *xъ̑rta | *xъ̑rti |
| Accusative | *xъ̑rtъ | *xъ̑rta | *xъ̑rty |
| Genitive | *xъ̑rta | *xъrtù | *xъ̃rtъ |
| Locative | *xъ̑rtě | *xъrtù | *xъrtě̃xъ |
| Dative | *xъ̑rtu | *xъrtomà | *xъrtòmъ |
| Instrumental | *xъ̑rtъmь, *xъ̑rtomь* | *xъrtomà | *xъrtý |
| Vocative | *xъrte | *xъ̑rta | *xъ̑rti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *xъrtъka, *xъrtica (feminine form)
- *xъrtovъ (“quick, agile”)
- *xъrtovati (“to move quickly”)
Related terms
- *xъrlъ (“quick”) (possibly *xъrtlъ)
- Old Church Slavonic: хрълъ (xrŭlŭ) (Serbian rendition)
- *aščerъ (“lizard”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: хъртъ (xŭrtŭ)
- Belarusian: хорт (xort)
- Russian: хорт (xort)
- → Finnish: hurtta
- Ukrainian: хорт (xort)
- Old East Slavic: хъртъ (xŭrtŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: хрътъ (xrŭtŭ) (Serbian rendition)
- Bulgarian: хърт (hǎrt), хрът (hrǎt) (dialectal) (standard: хръ́тка f (hrǎ́tka))
- Macedonian: 'рт ('rt)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хр̏т
- Latin: hȑt
- Slovene: hȓt
- West Slavic:
- Czech: chrt
- Kashubian: chart
- Polish: chart
- Slovak: chrt
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: chart
- Upper Sorbian: chort
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хорт”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xъrtъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 148
- “kurtas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “hrt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *xъ̑rtъ (ali *xъ̋rtъ)”