ѫжь

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ужь (užĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis.

Noun

ѫжь (ǫžĭ) m

1. snake

   Synonym: змии (zmii)

Descendants

• Belarusian: вуж (vuž, “grass snake”)
• Russian: уж (už, “grass snake”)
• Ukrainian: вуж (vuž, “grass snake”)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙋжь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1167
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress