Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъ(n)ǫzъ

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

See Proto-Slavic *ǫzъ for details.

Noun

*sъ(n)ǫzъ m

1. bundle, joint
2. union

Declension

Declension of *sъ(n)ǫzъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъ(n)ǫzъ	*sъ(n)ǫza	*sъ(n)ǫzi
genitive	*sъ(n)ǫza	*sъ(n)ǫzu	*sъ(n)ǫzъ
dative	*sъ(n)ǫzu	*sъ(n)ǫzoma	*sъ(n)ǫzomъ
accusative	*sъ(n)ǫzъ	*sъ(n)ǫza	*sъ(n)ǫzy
instrumental	*sъ(n)ǫzъmь, *sъ(n)ǫzomь*	*sъ(n)ǫzoma	*sъ(n)ǫzy
locative	*sъ(n)ǫzě	*sъ(n)ǫzu	*sъ(n)ǫzěxъ
vocative	*sъ(n)ǫze	*sъ(n)ǫza	*sъ(n)ǫzi

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

Related terms

• *ǫzъ (“bond, tie, fastening”)
• *vęzati (“to knit, to bind”)
• *ǫziti (“to constrain”)
• *ǫzъkъ (“narrow, tight”)
• *ǫzьnъ (“bonded”)
• *ǫza (“chains”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съѫзъ (sŭǫzŭ), съвѫзъ (sŭvǫzŭ), съузъ (sŭuzŭ), съвузъ (sŭvuzŭ), свузъ (svuzŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: соузъ (suz)
    • Russian: соуз (souz), свуз (svuz) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⱙⰸⱏ (sŭjǫzŭ), ⱄⱏⰲⱘⰸⱏ (sŭvǫzŭ)

    Old Cyrillic script: съѫзъ (sŭǫzŭ), съвѫзъ (sŭvǫzŭ)

    • → Middle Russian: союзъ (sojuz)
      • Russian: союз (sojuz)
        • → Belarusian: саюз (sajuz)
        • → Bulgarian: съюз (sǎjuz)
        • → Polish: sojusz
        • → Ukrainian: союз (sojuz)
    • → Old Ruthenian: союзъ (sojuz)

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫza / *ǫzъ / *ǫzy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 98
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “союз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress