Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xylъ

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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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Compare *xyliti (to contort).

Adjective

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*xylъ[1]

  1. curved, crooked
  2. frail, ailing

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: хíлы (xíly)
    • Russian: хи́лый (xílyj)
    • Ukrainian: хи́лий (xýlyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xylъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 156

Further reading

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