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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoliti

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

Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ksalīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ksol-éyeti. Represent a continuation of Proto-Indo-European *ksol-, from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”).

Cognate with Sanskrit क्षालयति (kṣālayati, “to wash, cleanse”), Lithuanian skaláuti (“to wash, rinse”).

Verb

*xòliti (sę)

  1. to tend, to care for

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: хо́лить (xólitʹ, “to take care, keep clean; to cut short hair”); хо́литься (xólitʹsja, “indulge”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: холево (xolevo, “punishment”) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: холи́ти (xolýty, “to clean, tidy up”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: хо́ла́ (xólá, “education, supervision, care”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: хо̂лити се (“behave arrogantly, persistently”)
      Latin: hôliti se (“behave arrogantly, persistently”)

Further reading

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