Reconstruction:Old Ruthenian/хохулꙗ

This Old Ruthenian 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.

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Old Ruthenian

Etymology

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

*хохулꙗ • (*xoxulja) f animal

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), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хохуля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 206

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxuľa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 56

[2] Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хохуля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 206

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