Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xodьba

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 *xoditi + *-ьba.

Noun

*xodьba f

1. walking, pacing

Declension

Declension of *xodьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xodьba	*xodьbě	*xodьby
genitive	*xodьby	*xodьbu	*xodьbъ
dative	*xodьbě	*xodьbama	*xodьbamъ
accusative	*xodьbǫ	*xodьbě	*xodьby
instrumental	*xodьbojǫ, *xodьbǫ**	*xodьbama	*xodьbami
locative	*xodьbě	*xodьbu	*xodьbasъ, *xodьbaxъ*
vocative	*xodьbo	*xodьbě	*xodьby

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хадзьба́ (xadzʹbá)
  • Russian: ходьба́ (xodʹbá)
  • Ukrainian: ходьба́ (xodʹbá)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Macedonian: за́одба (záodba)
  • Slovene: hȏdba (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chodba
  • Slovak: chodba

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xodьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 52