Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvorstъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kšwáršta (“?”);
Perhaps cognate with Proto-West Germanic *hursti (“thicket; wood; grove; nest”);
Unknown.

Noun

*xvõrstъ m[1]

brushwood

Declension

Declension of *xvõrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*xvõrstъ	*xvōrstà	*xvōrstì
Accusative	*xvõrstъ	*xvōrstà	*xvōrstỳ
Genitive	*xvōrstà	*xvōrstù	*xvõrstъ
Locative	*xvōrstě̀	*xvōrstù	*xvõrstěxъ
Dative	*xvōrstù	*xvōrstòma	*xvōrstòmъ
Instrumental	xvōrstъ̀mь, xvōrstòmь^*	*xvōrstòma	*xvõrsty
Vocative	*xvorste	*xvōrstà	*xvōrstì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic: хворостъ (xvorostŭ)
- Belarusian: хво́раст (xvórast)
- Russian: хво́рост (xvórost)
- Ukrainian: хворо́ст (xvoróst)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: хврастъ (xvrastŭ)
  - Bulgarian: храст (hrast)
- Macedonian:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: хра̑ст
  
  Latin: hrȃst
- Slovene: hrást
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: chvrast
  - Czech: chrast
- Kashubian: chróst, chwarzt
- Polish: chrust
- Slovak: chrast
- Slovincian: χrȯ́u̯st
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: chróst
Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: vreasc

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*xvórstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*xvórstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206