Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъzъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos, which in the case of Slavic meant elderberry bush. Cognates include Gaulish bagos, Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós), Latin fāgus, Proto-Germanic *bōkō (> German Buche, Norwegian bøk) which mean beech or oak. From the same root, but with a drifted meaning, is English book. Several Slavic languages have also borrowed from Germanic *bukъ (“beech”) (e.g. Russian бук (buk), Bulgarian бук (buk), Polish buk), which is ultimately of the same origin.

Noun

*bъzъ m

Sambucus
Syringa (West Slavic and Ukrainian)

Inflection

Declension of *bъzъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bъzъ	*bъza	*bъzi
Accusative	*bъzъ	*bъza	*bъzy
Genitive	*bъza	*bъzu	*bъzъ
Locative	*bъzě	*bъzu	*bъzěxъ
Dative	*bъzu	*bъzoma	*bъzomъ
Instrumental	bъzъmь, bъzomь^*	*bъzoma	*bъzy
Vocative	*bъze	*bъza	*bъzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

*bъza

Derived terms

*bъzina
(possibly) *bъžurъ

*bъzovъ
- *bъzovina
- *bъzovišče
- *bъzovьcь
- *bъzovьje
- *bъzьje

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бозъ (bozŭ)
  - Russian: буз (buz)
    - ⇒ Russian: бузина́ (buziná)
  - Ukrainian: боз (boz)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: бузина́ (buzyná)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: бъзъ (bŭzŭ)
  - → Romanian: boz, bozie
- Bulgarian: бъз (bǎz)
- Macedonian: боз (boz)
  - ⇒ Macedonian: бозел (bozel)
- Serbo-Croatian: баз, боз
  - ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: ба̀зга
- Slovene: bez
  - ⇒ Slovene: bezeg
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bez
  - Czech: bez
- Polabian: båz
- Polish: bez
- Slovak: bez
- Slovincian: bẽi̯s
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bóz
  - Lower Sorbian: bez, baz
Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: bodza