Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ězъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

*ězъ m[1]

  1. weir

Declension[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: яз m (jaz), ез m (jez)
    • Russian: иж m () (dialectal), ёз m (joz)
    • Ukrainian: їз m (jiz), яз m (jaz)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References[edit]

  1. ^ * Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ězъ; *ěžь; *ěža; *ezъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 155:m. o; m. jo; f. jā; m. o ‘weir’