Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrobakъ

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

Agentative noun from *xrobati (“to gulp, to chew up”) +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*xrobakъ m

1. grub (larva of beetles and other insects)

Declension

Declension of *xrobakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xrobakъ	*xrobaka	*xrobaci
genitive	*xrobaka	*xrobaku	*xrobakъ
dative	*xrobaku	*xrobakoma	*xrobakomъ
accusative	*xrobakъ	*xrobaka	*xrobaky
instrumental	*xrobakъmь, *xrobakomь*	*xrobakoma	*xrobaky
locative	*xrobacě	*xrobaku	*xrobacěxъ
vocative	*xrobače	*xrobaka	*xrobaci

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

Related terms

• *xrobotъ (“sound of chewing”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Carpathian Rusyn: хроба́к (xrobák)
  • Ukrainian: хроба́к (xrobák), гроба́к (hrobák) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chrobak
  • Kashubian: robôk
  • Polish: robak
  • Silesian: chrobŏk
  • Slovak: chrobák

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrobakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
• хробак in Горох.ua (Етимологія)