Slovak, the same applies for the 'idiot' case of ODI. Given that Slavonic letters were not (or arguably) used until the 9th century, how can one be certain that the word didn't evolve from ORA-HORA-GORA, likewise for ODI-HODI? How can one be certain that the forms of HORA and HODI were not stabilised in the Slavonic tongues as a result of the literary work from the 9th century? You yourself have previously agreed that there was probably never one 'common' Slavonic tongue or dialects due to various circumstances relating to geography, environment, neighbouring peoples, etc.
The root *xod is very productive and creates a large number of other words.
The word "gora" evolved from the PIE root *gʷer- meaning mount: Russ. гора (gora), Lith. guras, Skr. गिरि (giri), Av. gairi, Gk. δειράς (deiras), Alb. gur, Arm. ler, Polish góra, OCS gora
Let me just note that there were no words in Proto-Slavic or any other PIE language in which a single word began with a vowel. In OCS for example only /u/, /o/ and /i/ could begin a word. Other vowels were only in foreign words and this is pretty much the case in the modern tongue. However, the vowels /o/, /u/ and /i/ were mostly only prefixes and did not form roots.
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