Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gręza

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 *g⁽ʰ⁾rm-. Equivalent to *gręziti +‎ *-a.

Noun

*gręza f

1. mud, dirt, mire

Inflection

Declension of *gręzà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gręzà	*grę̑zě	*grę̑zy
genitive	*gręzý	*gręzù	*grę̃zъ
dative	*gręzě̀	*gręzàma	*gręzàmъ
accusative	*grę̑zǫ	*grę̑zě	*grę̑zy
instrumental	*gręzojǫ́	*gręzàma	*gręzàmi
locative	*grę̑zě	*gręzù	*gręzàsъ, *gręzàxъ*
vocative	*gręzo	*grę̑zě	*grę̑zy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Related terms

• *gręziti (“to sink”)
• *gręzti (“to sink”)
• *grę̑zь (“mud, dirt”)
• *grę̑znǫti (“to sink”)
• *grǫziti (“to sink”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грꙗза (grjaza), грꙗзꙗ (grjazja)
  • Ukrainian: грязя́ (hrjazjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: грѧза (gręza), грѧзꙗ (gręzja)
  • Slovene: greza

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gręza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 188