Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xobotъ

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

Unclear. Possibly deverbal from unattested *xobotěti with Lithuanian kabė́ti (“to hang”) as close cognate.

Noun

*xȍbotъ m^[1]

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. tail^[2]
  Synonyms: *ogonъ, *xvostъ
2. something thin and elongated, cone-shaped^[3]

Declension

Declension of *xȍbotъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xȍbotъ	*xȍbota	*xȍboti
genitive	*xȍbota	*xobotù	*xobòtъ
dative	*xȍbotu	*xobotomà	*xobotòmъ
accusative	*xȍbotъ	*xȍbota	*xȍboty
instrumental	xȍbotъmь, xȍbotomь^*	*xobotomà	*xobotý
locative	*xȍbotě	*xobotù	*xobotě̃xъ
vocative	*xobote	*xȍbota	*xȍboti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: хоботъ (xobotŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: хо́ботъ (xóbot)
    - Belarusian: хо́бат (xóbat)
    - Ukrainian: хо́бот (xóbot)
  - Russian: хо́бот (xóbot), хо́ботъ (xóbot) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    - → Czech: chobot
      - → Slovak: chobot
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: хоботъ (xobotŭ)
- Bulgarian: хобот (hobot)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хо̀бот
  
  Latin script: hòbot
  ⇒ Cyrillic script: хо̀ботница
  
  ⇒ Latin script: hòbotnica
- Slovene: hobòt (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: chobot
  - → Old Polish: chobot
    - Polish: chobot (obsolete)
- >? Kashubian: chòbòt
- >? Slovincian: chôbôt

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “xobotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 46
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hobotnica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
^ Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “χobot”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 2, →ISBN, page 303

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́бот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “chobot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “chobot”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 232
Václav Machek (1968) “chobot”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 202

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “xobotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 46

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “hobotnica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

[3] Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “χobot”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 2, →ISBN, page 303

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