xvojь

xvoja; xvojь Grammatical information: f. jā; m. jo Proto-Slavic meaning: `needles or branches of a coniferous tree'

Page in Trubačev: VIII 125-126

Russian:

xvója `needles or branches of a coniferous tree' [f jā];

xvojá `needles or branches of a coniferous tree' [f jā]

Czech:

chvoj `needles or branches of a coniferous tree' [m jo]

Slovak:

chvoja `brushwood, branch of a fir-tree' [f jā]

Polish:

choja `needles (of conifer), branches (of conifer)' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

hvòja `branch, sprout' [f jā];

hvója `branch, sprout' [f jā]

Slovene:

hǫ̑ja `fir-tree, coniferous tree, brushwood of a coniferous tree' [f jā];

hǫ́ja `fir-tree, coniferous tree, brushwood of a coniferous tree' [f jā];

hvǫ̑ja `fir-tree, coniferous tree, brushwood of a coniferous tree' [f jā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: sku(o)jaʔ

Lithuanian:

skujà `needle of a coniferous tree, (dial.) twig of a pine tree, cone, fish-scale' [f jā] 4

Latvian:

skuja `needle of a fir-tree' [f jā]

Indo-European reconstruction: skuoi-eh₂ \{1\}

Comments: With *x- < *kṣ- < *sk-??