Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoměkъ

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 *xoměstorъ (“hamster”) +‎ *-kъ.

Noun

*xomě̀kъ m

1. hamster

Declension

Declension of *xoměkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xoměkъ	*xoměka	*xoměci
genitive	*xoměka	*xoměku	*xoměkъ
dative	*xoměku	*xoměkoma	*xoměkomъ
accusative	*xoměkъ	*xoměka	*xoměky
instrumental	*xoměkъmь, *xoměkomь*	*xoměkoma	*xoměky
locative	*xoměcě	*xoměku	*xoměcěxъ
vocative	*xoměče	*xoměka	*xoměci

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

Alternative forms

• *xomìkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хомѣ́къ (xomě́kŭ), хомѧ́къ (xomę́kŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: хомѣ́къ (xomě́k)
      • Belarusian: хамя́к (xamják)
      • Ukrainian: хом'я́к (xomʺják); хомє́к (xomjék), хоми́к (xomýk), хомі́к (xomík), хомня́к (xomnják), хомля́к (xomlják), хомлє́к (xomljék), хома́ (xomá) (dialectal)
      • → Old Polish: chomiek
        • Polish: chomik; chomiak, chómek, chómik (dialectal)
    • Russian: хомя́к (xomják)
      • → Bulgarian: хо́мяк (hómjak)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chumák, chumáč (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: chomyk (“mole”)
  • Old Slovak: chomáč
    • Slovak: chumáč

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoměkъ / *xomikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хомяк”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 497
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “хомя́к”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 350
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хом'я́к”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 199