Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoľeva

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

Alternative forms

*xoľevъ

Etymology

Per ESSJa, from *xoliti.

Vasmer remains inconclusive and rejects connection with the aforementioned verb.

Noun

*xoľeva f^[1]

boot?, bootleg?

Inflection

Declension of *xoľeva (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xoľeva	*xoľevě	*xoľevy
genitive	*xoľevy	*xoľevu	*xoľevъ
dative	*xoľevě	*xoľevama	*xoľevamъ
accusative	*xoľevǫ	*xoľevě	*xoľevy
instrumental	xoľevojǫ, xoľevǫ^**	*xoľevama	*xoľevami
locative	*xoľevě	*xoľevu	xoľevasъ, xoľevaxъ^*
vocative	*xoľevo	*xoľevě	*xoľevy

^* -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:
- Belarusian: халя́ва (xaljáva)
- Russian: халя́ва (xaljáva), холя́ва (xoljáva) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: халя́ва (xaljáva)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: холева (xoleva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: holeva (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: cholava
- Old Polish: cholewa
  - Polish: cholewa
  - Silesian: cholewa
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: chòlewa
  - Slovincian: chôlewa
- ⇒ Slovak: Choleva
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: chólowa
  - Upper Sorbian: cholowa

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoľevъ(jь)/*xoľeva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 59

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “халя́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “холя́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoľevъ(jь)/*xoľeva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 59

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