Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/užasъ

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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

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Alternative forms

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  • *užěsъ (attested in "Psalterium Sinaiticum")
  • *užastь (sporadically attested in East Slavic)

Etymology

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Morphologically equivalent to *u- +‎ *žasъ (fright).

Further etymology is problematic:

  • On morphological basis, has been linked to the root of *gasiti (to extinguish), which however poses semantic problems.
  • An alternative proposal suggests genetic relation to *gadъ (creep, reptile), presumably from pre-Slavic *u- +‎ *gēd- +‎ *-sъ.
  • Possibly a borrowing[1] from Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, to frighten), assumming that related non-prefixed forms are back-formations and that Gothic -𐌰𐌹- (-ai-) was rendered as Proto-Slavic *-ě- < *-ē- (rather than formally expected *-ai-).

Noun

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*ȗžasъ m[2][1]

  1. (perhaps originally) awe, dismay
    horror, fright, dread (in South, East Slavic)
    amazement, astonishment (in West Slavic)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 156:PSl. *užasъ (m. o-stem) ‘horror, amazement’
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*užasъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511:m. o ‘amazement, horror’