Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ězъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźa-. Cognate with Latvian eža (“boundary(-strip), balk”), Lithuanian ežià (“boundary(-strip), balk”), Old Prussian asy (“boundary(-strip), balk”).

Noun

*ězъ m

1. weir

Declension

Declension of *ězъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ězъ	*ěza	*ězi
genitive	*ěza	*ězu	*ězъ
dative	*ězu	*ězoma	*ězomъ
accusative	*ězъ	*ěza	*ězy
instrumental	*ězъmь, *ězomь*	*ězoma	*ězy
locative	*ězě	*ězu	*ězěxъ
vocative	*ěze	*ěza	*ězi

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

Alternative forms

• *ěžь
• *ěža
• *ezъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: яз m (jaz), ез m (jez)
  • Russian: иж m (iž) (dialectal), ёз m (joz)
  • Ukrainian: їз m (jiz), яз m (jaz)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: яз m (jaz)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја̑з m

    Latin script: jȃz

  • Slovene: jez m, ježa f
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jez m
  • Polabian: jaz
  • Polish: jaz m
  • Slovak: jaz, jez m