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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫžь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *angi(o)s, *angi(a)s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Baltic cognates include Old Prussian angis, Lithuanian angìs, Latvian odze. Indo-European cognates include Latin anguis, Old High German unc and Old Armenian աւձ (awj).

Noun

*ǫ̃žь m [1]

  1. snake

Inflection
Declension of *ǫ̃žь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ǫ̃žь *ǭžà *ǭžì
Accusative *ǫ̃žь *ǭžà *ǭžę̇̀
Genitive *ǭžà *ǭžù *ǫ̃žь
Locative *ǭžì *ǭžù *ǫ̃žixъ
Dative *ǭžù *ǭžèma *ǫ̃žemъ
Instrumental *ǭžь̀mь, *ǭžèmь* *ǭžèma *ǫ̃ži
Vocative *ǫžu *ǭžà *ǭžì
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: u̯õš (“a kind of a black snake”) (Chakavian)
    • Slovene: ọ́ž (“a grass snake”) (tonal orthography), vọ̑ž, gọ́ž (“snake”) (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “уж”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • “angis” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫ̃žь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388: “m. jo (b) ‘snake’”
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