Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoxolъ

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 from earlier *koxolъ (cf. Slovak kochol), itself possibly from earlier *kosolъ, from *kosa (“hair”) +‎ *-olъ. The irregular development of the word may have been influenced by the semantically close *vьrxolъ (“tip, peak”).

Noun

*xoxolъ m

1. crest, topknot, tuft of hair or feathers

   Synonyms: *čubъ, *čupъ

Declension

Declension of *xoxolъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xoxolъ	*xoxola	*xoxoli
genitive	*xoxola	*xoxolu	*xoxolъ
dative	*xoxolu	*xoxoloma	*xoxolomъ
accusative	*xoxolъ	*xoxola	*xoxoly
instrumental	*xoxolъmь, *xoxolomь*	*xoxoloma	*xoxoly
locative	*xoxolě	*xoxolu	*xoxolěxъ
vocative	*xoxole	*xoxola	*xoxoli

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хахо́л (xaxól)
  • Middle Russian: хохолъ (xoxol) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
    • Russian: хохо́л (xoxól, “crest, topknot; khokhol”)
      • → Polish: chachoł (“khokhol”)
  • Ukrainian: хохо́л (xoxól); хахо́л (xaxól) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: хо̂́ха̣л (hốhạl, “ragamuffin”) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chochol
  • Old Polish: chochoł
    • Polish: chochoł, chochół; χaχůu̯ (“forelock, crest, collar”) (dialectal)
  • Slovak: chochol; chochel (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chochoł
    • Upper Sorbian: khochoł

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 54
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хохо́л”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 205
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хохол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress