Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xovati

Etymology
From an earlier, (per Berneker, Brückner) most likely from via semantic shift to observe → to overwatch, guard → to take care. Similar development as in 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬, dial. 🇨🇬. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and related to 🇨🇬. Without initial s-: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Alternatively, possibly from with semantic development to cover → to hide, to shield → to take care of.

Verb

 * 1) to take care, to heed, to tend → to raise, to upbring
 * 2) to hide, to shield (in order to protect)
 * 3) to feed (secondary)
 * 4)  (+ ) to care for oneself
 * 1) to feed (secondary)
 * 2)  (+ ) to care for oneself

Descendants

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 * Pomeranian:
 * Sorbian:
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