Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puzdro

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative forms

*puzdrъ
*puzdra

Etymology

From an earlier *puzro, formed as *puzъ (“belly”) +‎ *-ro. -d- is epenthetic. The term is commonly related to Proto-Slavic *puxъ (“blister”), which indicates an (indirect) origin from Proto-Indo-European *pews- (“to swell”). Compare also PIE *puH-.

The original meaning probably was swelling, blister → gut similar to Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly”) from pre-Germanic *bʰew- (“to blow, to swell”).

Noun

*puzdro n

bladder
gut, membrane

Inflection

Declension of *puzdro (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*puzdro	*puzdrě	*puzdra
Accusative	*puzdro	*puzdrě	*puzdra
Genitive	*puzdra	*puzdru	*puzdrъ
Locative	*puzdrě	*puzdru	*puzdrěxъ
Dative	*puzdru	*puzdroma	*puzdromъ
Instrumental	puzdrъmь, puzdromь^*	*puzdroma	*puzdry
Vocative	*puzdro	*puzdrě	*puzdra

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

Related terms

*puzo (“belly”)
*pyžь (“fat”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пуздро (puzdró, “bladder”)
- Russian: пузырь (puzyrʹ, “bladder”) (related)
- Ukrainian: пуздро (puzdro, “bladder”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пу́здра (púzdra, “gut flesh”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrrilic: пу̏здро
  Latin: pȕzdro
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: púzdro
  - Czech: pouzdro
- Polish: puzdro
- Slovak: puzdro

References

Preobraženskij, A. G. (1910–1949), “пузо”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, page 151
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пузырь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “пуздра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 845