хвойна

Old Ruthenian

хвойна (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *хвоина (*xvoina), from Proto-Slavic *xvojina, from *xvòja. By surface analysis, хво́ꙗ +‎ -ина. Doublet of хойна.

Noun

хвойна • (transliteration needed) f inan

coniferous forest
- тыи дей, котории его били, побачивши насъ, у хвойну втекли
conifer tree (pine, spruce)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skwey-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

Belarusian: хваі́на (xvaína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
Ukrainian: хвої́на (xvojína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: хвої́нка (xvojínka, “small pine forest”) (dialectal)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хвойна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 62

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