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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoxotati

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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

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Compare Ancient Greek καχάζω (kakházō, to laugh loudly), Latin cachinnō (to laugh loudly), Old Armenian խախանք (xaxankʻ, laughter), Proto-West Germanic *kahhattjan, Sanskrit कखति (kákhati, to laugh).

Verb

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*xoxotati

  1. to laugh loudly

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “хо́хот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 353
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*xoxotati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoxotati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 55
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́хот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress