Etymology

khokhol

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Today it means: A Ukrainian. Full definition →

Russian хохо́л ← Old East Slavic хохолъ ← Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*xoxolъ
  2. Old East Slavic · derived fromхохолъ
  3. Russian · borrowed fromхохо́л“Ukrainian (pej.)”
  4. English todaykhokhol

From Russian хохо́л (xoxól, “Ukrainian (pej.)”), originally meaning “oseledets”, a traditional Ukrainian hairstyle, from Old East Slavic хохолъ (xoxolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ, from *koxolъ.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*xoxolъ all →

Hochul

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