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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vęzъ

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 *wénźas. From Proto-Indo-European *wénǵʰ-os. from Proto-Indo-European *winǵos, variant of *wiǵo.[1]

See also English wych (“elm”), Northern Kurdish bizî. Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian vîksna, Lithuanian vìnkšna.

Noun

*vęzъ m

  1. elm
    Synonyms: *berstъ, *jьlьmъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѧзъ (vęzŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: вѧзъ (vjaz)
        • Belarusian: вяз (vjaz)
        • Ukrainian: в'яз (vʺjaz)
      • Russian: вяз (vjaz)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вяз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1177, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1177
  2. Давидов Б., Явашев А., Ахтаров Б. (1939) Материали за български ботанически речник [Materials for the Bulgarian Botanical Glossary] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Придворна печатница
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