Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫžь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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Per ESSJa, most likely, cognate with *vęzati (“to tie”).

May be further related to Proto-Germanic *kangura-.

Noun

*gǫžь m[1][2]

  1. loop?, strap?, wicker?

Declension

Declension of *gǫ̃žь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *gǫ̃žь *gǭžà *gǭžì
genitive *gǭžà *gǭžù *gǫ̃žь
dative *gǭžù *gǭžèma *gǫ̃žemъ
accusative *gǫ̃žь *gǭžà *gǭžę̇̀
instrumental *gǭžь̀mь, *gǭžèmь* *gǭžèma *gǫ̃ži
locative *gǭžì *gǭžù *gǫ̃žixъ
vocative *gǫžu *gǭžà *gǭžì

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гужъ (gužŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Church Slavonic: гѫжвица (gǫžvica)
    • Bulgarian: гъж (gǎž)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: húže
      • Czech: houž, houže (dialectal)
    • Pomeranian:
      • ⇒ Slovincian: gãżwjica

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫžь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 93
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gǫžь: gǫža”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126; RPT 101)”

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гуж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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