Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorniti

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

    Denominative verb from *xorna +‎ *-iti.[1]

    Verb

    *xorniti

    1. to feed
    2. to protect

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: хоронити (xoroniti) (11th century)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: chrániti
      • Polabian: xornĕ (to feed, 3sg.)
      • Old Polish: chronić
      • Old Slovak: chrániť
        • Pannonian Rusyn: хранїц (xranjic, to defend, to protect, to preserve)
        • Slovak: chrániť (to defend, to protect, to preserve)
      • Slovincian: chônjic (to protect)
    • Romanian: hrăni (to feed)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*xorniti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205

    Further reading

    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “храни́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 354
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 78