Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xolkъ

Etymology
Unclear:
 * Native origin has been hypothesized (by Miklošič, Sobolevsky) on the basis of internal similarity with 🇨🇬,, , possibly and/or . Trubačev (ESSJa) tentatively derives them from a common , perhaps from . For the k-extension, compare , , etc.
 * Uhlenbeck suggests a possible borrowing from 🇨🇬, which has been dismissed by Lehmann.

Adjective

 * 1) unmarried, single

Descendants

 * East Slavic:
 * South Slavic:
 * South Slavic: