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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvostъ

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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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From a dubious root + *-stъ. Proposed etymologies include:

Sometimes compared with Proto-Germanic *kwastuz (tassel) (as per Machek, Sławski, Vaillant), even though formally incompatible.

Noun

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*xvȍstъ m[1][2]

  1. bundle, sheaf
  2. tail (bundle of hair)
    Synonyms: *rěpъ, *kystь

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хвост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvostъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 133

References

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  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “xvostъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b hale (PR 134)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hosta”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *xvȍstъ