Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božurъ

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

Morphologically as *bogъ (“god”) +‎ *-urъ (with a palatalized stem taken from some of the derivations), due to the mythological importance of peony in the pagan folklore and mythology of early Slavs. Balkan Slavic only.

Noun

*božurъ m

peony

Declension

Declension of *božurъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*božurъ	*božura	*božuri
Accusative	*božurъ	*božura	*božury
Genitive	*božura	*božuru	*božurъ
Locative	*božurě	*božuru	*božurěxъ
Dative	*božuru	*božuroma	*božuromъ
Instrumental	božurъmь, božuromь^*	*božuroma	*božury
Vocative	*božure	*božura	*božuri

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

Related terms

*bogъ (“god”)

Descendants

East Slavic: —
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: божур (božur)
- Macedonian: бо́жур (bóžur)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бо̀жӯр
  
  Latin: bòžūr
- Slovene: božúr, božȗr (tonal orthography)
West Slavic: —
Other:
- Albanian: bozhure
- Old Hungarian: bazsár
  - Hungarian: bazsarózsa
- Romanian: bujor

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božurъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 02, Moscow: Nauka, page 228

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