Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoduľa

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 *xodъ +‎ *-uľa.

Noun

*xoduľa f

1. stilt

Declension

Declension of *xoduľa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xoduľa	*xoduľi	*xoduľę̇
genitive	*xoduľę̇	*xoduľu	*xoduľь
dative	*xoduľi	*xoduľama	*xoduľamъ
accusative	*xoduľǫ	*xoduľi	*xoduľę̇
instrumental	*xoduľejǫ, *xoduľǫ**	*xoduľama	*xoduľami
locative	*xoduľi	*xoduľu	*xoduľasъ, *xoduľaxъ*
vocative	*xoduľe	*xoduľi	*xoduľę̇

^* -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:
  • Old East Slavic: *ходулꙗ (*xodulja)
    • Old Ruthenian: *ходулꙗ (*xodulja)
      • Belarusian: хаду́ля (xadúlja)
      • Ukrainian: ходу́ля (xodúlja)
    • Russian: ходу́ля (xodúlja)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ходуља

    Latin script: hodulja

  • Slovene: hodúlja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chodule
  • Polish: chodulka
  • Slovak: chodúľ, choduľa
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: khodulica