Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ujь

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-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:
  • Bulgarian: вуйчо (vujčo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̏ја̄к

    Latin script: ȕjāk

  • Slovene: ujac
• 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, →ISSN, page 507
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уй”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress