Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorǫgy

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

Сompare with Mongolian өрүнгө (örüngö), өрүнга (örünga, “sign, banner, flag”) and Kalmyk өрңга (örñga).

Noun

*xorǫgy f

1. banner

Declension

Declension of *xorǫgy (hard v-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xorǫgy	*xorǫgъvi	*xorǫgъvi
genitive	*xorǫgъve	*xorǫgъvu	*xorǫgъvъ
dative	*xorǫgъvi	*xorǫgъvьma, *xorǫgъvama*	*xorǫgъvьmъ, *xorǫgъvamъ*
accusative	*xorǫgъvь	*xorǫgъvi	*xorǫgъvi
instrumental	*xorǫgъvьjǫ, *xorǫgъvľǭ**	*xorǫgъvьma, *xorǫgъvama*	*xorǫgъvьmī, *xorǫgъvamī*
locative	*xorǫgъve	*xorǫgъvu	*xorǫgъvьxъ, *xorǫgъvaxъ*
vocative	*xorǫgy	*xorǫgъvi	*xorǫgъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хоругꙑ (xorugy)
    • Belarusian: хару́гва (xarúhva)
    • Russian: хору́гвь (xorúgvʹ)
      • → Latvian: karogs
    • Ukrainian: хоругва́ (xoruhvá), хоруго́в (xoruhóv), корогва́ (korohvá), корого́в (korohóv), кору́гва (korúhva)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: хорѫгꙑ (xorǫgy)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: хору̀гва (horùgva)
  • Macedonian: хоругва (horugva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хо̀ругва, ко̀ругва

    Latin: hòrugva, kòrugva

  • Slovene: karȯ́gla
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: korouhev
  • Kashubian: chorągiew, chorągwia
  • Polish: chorągiew
  • Slovak: koruhva
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chórgoj
    • Upper Sorbian: chorhoj

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хору́г(о)вь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorǫgy/-ъve”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 81