Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojina

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

From *xvoja +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*xvojina f

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: хвойна
  - Belarusian: хваі́на (xvaína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: хвої́на (xvojína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: хвої́нка (xvojínka, “small pine forest”) (dialectal)
- Russian: хвои́на f (xvoína, “firewood, twigs”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: хво́йна f (hvójna, “juniper”), хвои́на (hvoína), хо́йна (hójna), хуи́на (huína), уи́на (uína); хо́йна (hójna), ху́йна (hújna) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chvojina f (“needles or branches of conifer, conifer forest; (dial.) spruce”)
- Kashubian: chòjna f (“conifer”)
- Old Polish: choina f, chojna f (“needles or branches of conifer”)
  - Polish: choina f (“pine tree; pine grove; needles or branches of conifer”)
  - → Old Ruthenian: хойна
- Slovak: chvojina f (“needles or branches of conifer, stubble”)
- Slovincian: χɵ̀͘i̯nă f (“pine forest”), xᵘ̯oi̯ina f
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: chójna f (“ephedra (plant); pine forest; spruce”)
  - Upper Sorbian: khójna f (“spruce”)