Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъzъ

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *bazъ (“elder tree”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun

*bъ̏zъ m

1. elderberry (Sambucus)

Declension

Declension of *bъzъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъzъ	*bъza	*bъzi
genitive	*bъza	*bъzu	*bъzъ
dative	*bъzu	*bъzoma	*bъzomъ
accusative	*bъzъ	*bъza	*bъzy
instrumental	*bъzъmь, *bъzomь*	*bъzoma	*bъzy
locative	*bъzě	*bъzu	*bъzěxъ
vocative	*bъze	*bъza	*bъzi

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *bъzgъ, *bъzdъ

Derived terms

• *bъzakъ (“shrubs of bushes”)
• *bъzina (“elder wood”)
• *bъzьjь (“overgrown with bushes”)
• *bъzьkъ (“shrubs of bushes”)
• *bъzьlъ (“elder tree”)
• *bъzovъ (ref. adj.)
  • *bъzovina
  • *bъzovišče
  • *bъzovьcь
  • *bъzovьje
• *bъzunъ (“cockchafer”)
• (possibly) *bъžurъ

Related terms

• *bazъ (“elder tree”)
• *buzъ (“hum, purr”) (in Bulgarian attested in 0-grade, identical to *bъzъ)
  • *buzina (“rumble”)
• *bukъ (“beech”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бъзъ (bŭzŭ), бозъ (bozŭ)
    • Russian: боз (boz) (obsolete), буз (buz)
      • ⇒ Russian: бузина́ (buziná, “elder”)
    • Ukrainian: боз (boz), буз (buz)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: бузина́ (buzyná, “elder”)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: бузо́к (buzók, “lilac”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бъзъ (bŭzŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⰸⱏ (bŭzŭ)

    • Bulgarian: бъз (bǎz)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: бъ́зел (bǎ́zel), бо́зъл (bózǎl), бъ́зек (bǎ́zek)
    • Macedonian: боз (boz)
      • ⇒ Macedonian: бозел (bozel)
    • → Romanian: boz, bozie
  • Serbo-Croatian: baz, boz
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: bàzga
  • Serbo-Croatian: баз, боз
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: ба̀зга
  • Slovene: bə̏z (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Slovene: bəzə̏g, bə̀zəg (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bez
    • Czech: bez
  • Polabian: båz
  • Old Polish: bez
    • Polish: bez, bes (Żywiec)
    • Silesian: bes
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: bes
  • Slovak: bez, baza
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bóz
    • Lower Sorbian: bez, baz

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Greek: βούζιον (voúzion)
  • → Hungarian: bodza

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъzъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъз¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 97