Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ězъ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźa-. Cognate with Latvian eža (“boundary(-strip), balk”), Lithuanian ežià (“boundary(-strip), balk”), Old Prussian asy (“boundary(-strip), balk”).

Noun

*ězъ m[1]

weir

Declension

Declension of *ězъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ězъ	*ěza	*ězi
Accusative	*ězъ	*ěza	*ězy
Genitive	*ěza	*ězu	*ězъ
Locative	*ězě	*ězu	*ězěxъ
Dative	*ězu	*ězoma	*ězomъ
Instrumental	ězъmь, ězomь^*	*ězoma	*ězy
Vocative	*ěze	*ěza	*ězi

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

Alternative forms

*ěžь
*ěža
*ezъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: яз m (jaz), ез m (jez)
- Russian: иж m (iž) (dialectal), ёз m (joz)
- Ukrainian: їз m (jiz), яз m (jaz)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: яз m (jaz)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ја̑з m
  Latin: jȃz
- Slovene: jez m, ježa f
West Slavic:
- Czech: jez m
- Polabian: jaz
- Polish: jaz m
- Slovak: jaz, jez m

References

- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ězъ; *ěžь; *ěža; *ezъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155: “m. o; m. jo; f. jā; m. o ‘weir’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ězъ; *ěžь; *ěža; *ezъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155: “m. o; m. jo; f. jā; m. o ‘weir’”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ězъ; *ěžь; *ěža; *ezъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155: “m. o; m. jo; f. jā; m. o ‘weir’”