Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orǫžьje

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 *orǫga / *orǫžь +‎ *-ьje (“collective suffix”)

Noun

*orǫžьje n

Originally "set of objects for some activity"

weapon, arm

Declension

Declension of *orǫžьje (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*orǫžьje	*orǫžьji	*orǫžьja
Accusative	*orǫžьje	*orǫžьji	*orǫžьja
Genitive	*orǫžьja	*orǫžьju	*orǫžьjь
Locative	*orǫžьji	*orǫžьju	*orǫžьjixъ
Dative	*orǫžьju	*orǫžьjema	*orǫžьjemъ
Instrumental	orǫžьjьmь, orǫžьjemь^*	*orǫžьjema	*orǫžьji
Vocative	*orǫžьje	*orǫžьji	*orǫžьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*orǫžьnъ
- *orǫžьnikъ / *orǫžьnica
*orǫžiti
- *orǫžati

Descendants

Church Slavonic:
- → Russian: ору́жие (orúžije)
  - → Slovak: oružie
- → Belarusian: ару́жыя (arúžyja)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: оружие (oružie)
  - Old Belarusian: оружіе (oružie)
    - Belarusian: ружжо́ (ružžó)
  - Russian: ружьё (ružʹjó), dial. оружьё (oružʹjó), ору́жье (orúžʹje)
  - Old Ukrainian: ороужиє (oružie)
    - Ukrainian: ору́жжя (orúžžja)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: орѫжиѥ (orǫžije)
- Bulgarian: оръ́жие (orǎ́žie)
- Macedonian: оражје (oražje), оружје (oružje)
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀рӯжје, òrūžje, оружђе, oružđe
- Slovene: orožje

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oružie
  - Czech: oruží
- Polish: oręże, horęże
- Slovak: oružie

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “ружье”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “оружие”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 606
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrǫžьje”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 29, Moscow: Nauka, page 123

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