Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/povorzъ

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 *po- +‎ *vorzъ (“bind, tie”), from Proto-Indo-European *wergʰ- (“to tie”). Cognate with Lithuanian várža (“fish trap”), Latvian var̂za.

Noun

*povorzъ m

cord, rope

Declension

Declension of *povorzъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*povorzъ	*povorza	*povorzi
Accusative	*povorzъ	*povorza	*povorzy
Genitive	*povorza	*povorzu	*povorzъ
Locative	*povorzě	*povorzu	*povorzěxъ
Dative	*povorzu	*povorzoma	*povorzomъ
Instrumental	povorzъmь, povorzomь^*	*povorzoma	*povorzy
Vocative	*povorze	*povorza	*povorzi

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

Alternative forms

*pavorzъ (prefixed with *pa-)

Related terms

*vьrzati (“to tie”), *verzti (“to bind”)
*vьrzъka (“tie, bond”)
*vьrzьlъ (“bundle”)
*verslo (“binder”)
*vьrša (“fishing basket”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: по́вороз (póvoroz)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: поворо́зка (povorózka), поворі́зка (povorízka)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: повразъ (povrazŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: по̏вра̄з
  Latin: pȍvrāz
- Slovene: povràz (“cord, noose”), póvraz (“handle”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: provaz (by metathesis)
- Kashubian: powrȯz
- Polish: powróz
- Slovak: povraz
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: powrjoz