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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ujь

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian avýnas, Old Prussian awis (“uncle”).

Noun

*ujь m

  1. maternal uncle

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: оуи (ui)
    • Russian: уй (uj)
    • Ukrainian: вуй (vuj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ujec
    • Polish: wuj
    • Slovak: ujo
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: hujk

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “уй”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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