Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čexъlъ

• *čexъlo, *čaxъlъ

A derivative probably to *čexati, *česati (“to scratch”) in the sense that “rolling up” the sleeve is scratching, or it means “tearing” relating to the mode of manufacture, with the suffix +‎ *-ъlъ. Curiously the formally fitting Slovene word čéhəlj, čéšəlj means exactly a hair or curry comb.

*čexъlъ m

1. sleeve
2. a garment with long sleeves, overshirt

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чехълъ (čexŭlŭ), чехолъ (čexolŭ), чахолъ (čaxolŭ), чехлъ (čexlŭ, “undershirt”)
    • Belarusian: чахо́л (čaxól, “slipcover”)
    • Russian: чехо́л (čexól, “slipcover”), in dialects чахо́л (čaxól)
      • ⇒ Russian: че́хлик (čéxlik, “slipcover, and botanical meanings”)
      • ⇒ Romanian: ceahol
    • Ukrainian: чохо́л (čoxól), чо́хла (čóxla, “slipcover”)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: чехлик (čexlyk), чахлик (čaxlyk, “a kind of shirt”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: чехъ́л (čehǎ́l, “pantofle”, a shoe-sleeve so to say)
  • Macedonian: чевел (čevel)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čechel, čechl (“overshirt”)
    • ⇒ Old Czech: čechlík (“overshirt”)
  • Old Polish: czecheł (“overshirt”), czechło, czacheł, czachło
    • Polish: czecheł, czechło
    • ⇒ Old Polish: czechlik (“overshirt”)
  • Slovak: čechol and čachol (“overshirt”), in Liptov also džachol
    • → Old Hungarian: chahol, chyahol (“a type of shirt”)

• Stachowski, Marek (2009) “Eugen Helminskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia‎, volume 14 (overall work in German and Russian), page 48
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čexъlъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чехо́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress