Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bez

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 *beź, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ. Cognate with Lithuanian bè, Latvian bez and Old Prussian bhe.

Preposition

*bez [1][2]

(with genitive) without
Antonym: *sъ(n)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: без (bjez)
- Russian: без (bez)
- Rusyn: без (bez)
- Ukrainian: без (bez)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: без (bez)
- Bulgarian: без (bez)
- Macedonian: без (bez)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бѐз
  
  Latin: bèz
- Slovene: brez (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: bez, beze
- Polish: bez, beze
- Slovak: bez, bezo
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bźez
  - Upper Sorbian: bjez

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bez(ъ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “prep. ‘without’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “bez”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bez(ъ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “prep. ‘without’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “bez”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”