Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xmyzъ

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 earlier *smyzъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *smūˀź-, from Proto-Indo-European *smuHgʰ- / *smeuHgʰ-. Semantic development: “smoke, haze, fog” > “thickets” > “brushwood”. Cognate with English smoke, German Schmauch.

Noun

*xmyzъ m (East Slavic)

1. thicket, shrubbery, brushwood (small trees and shrubs)

Declension

Declension of *xmyzъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xmyzъ	*xmyza	*xmyzi
genitive	*xmyza	*xmyzu	*xmyzъ
dative	*xmyzu	*xmyzoma	*xmyzomъ
accusative	*xmyzъ	*xmyza	*xmyzy
instrumental	*xmyzъmь, *xmyzomь*	*xmyzoma	*xmyzy
locative	*xmyzě	*xmyzu	*xmyzěxъ
vocative	*xmyze	*xmyza	*xmyzi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *хмꙑзъ (*xmyzŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *хмызъ (*xmyz), хмысъ (xmys)
      • Belarusian: хмыз (xmyz)
      • Ukrainian: хмиз (xmyz)
        • → Polish: chmyz (dialectal)
    • Russian: хмыз (xmyz), хмыс (xmys) (dialectal)