Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyzъ

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

Borrowed at the Danube from Old High German hūso.

Noun

*vyzъ m

beluga, European sturgeon (Huso huso)
Synonym: (neologism formed meanwhile at Dniester and Dnieper) *bělǫga
Hypernym: *esètrъ

Declension

Declension of *vyzъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vyzъ	*vyza	*vyzi
Accusative	*vyzъ	*vyza	*vyzy
Genitive	*vyza	*vyzu	*vyzъ
Locative	*vyzě	*vyzu	*vyzěxъ
Dative	*vyzu	*vyzoma	*vyzomъ
Instrumental	vyzъmь, vyzomь^*	*vyzoma	*vyzy
Vocative	*vyze	*vyza	*vyzi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: віз (viz)
- Ukrainian: виз (vyz), віз (viz), виза (vyza)
  - → Russian: виз (viz) (rare, but the derivation визи́га (vizíga) is not rare (also Ukrainian визи́га (vyzýha), Belarusian візі́га (vizíha), and borrowed from Russian Polish wiaziga, wiziga, wyziga))
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: vȉza, vȋz, vȉsa
- Slovene: víza
West Slavic:
- Czech: vyza
- Polish: wyz, wyza, wyzina
- Slovak: vyza
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wyz

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: viza
- → Romanian: viz, viza (rare)

References

Коломиец, Вера Титовна (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб. К IX Межжународному съезду славистов. (in Russian), Киев: Наукова думка, pages 131–132