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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xovati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *skovati (to watch attentively), an O-grade of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (to heed, to perceive).

Compare Ancient Greek θυο-σκόος (thuo-skóos, priest, literally watching the victim), Old High German scouwōn, German schauen (to look, behold), Gothic 𐌿𐍃-𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃 (us-kaus, judicious), English show.

Without initial s-: Sanskrit कवि (kavi, overseer, shepherd), Ancient Greek κοέω (koéō, to notice, note, remark), Latin cavēre (to guard, abide by, (be)ware, watch out).

Verb

*xovati

  1. to take care, to tend
  2. to feed (secondary)

Conjugation

  • *skumati (to examine)
  • *skyvati (to observe)
  • *čuti (to sense, feel, notice)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ховатисѧ (xovatisę)
      • Belarusian: хова́ць (xovácʹ), хава́ць (xavácʹ)
      • Russian: хова́ть (xovátʹ), хува́ть (xuvátʹ)
      • Old Ukrainian: ховати (xovaty), ховать (xovatʹ)
        • Ukrainian: хова́ти (xováty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Croatian: hovati
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chovat
    • Old Polish: chować
    • Slovak: chovať, chovať sa
    • Slovincian: [Term?]
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: khować
      • Lower Sorbian: chowaś

References

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