Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫže

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.

Formed as *ǫzъ (“bond, junction”) +‎ *-je. In several daughter languages, the descendants demonstrate prosthetic *v- or *j-.

Modern South Slavic descendants descendants decline as *-ę, but this is likely due to later reanalysis (compare the South Slavic descendants of Proto-Slavic *moře).

*ǫ̀že n^[1]

1. rope

• *ǫženъ (“made of rope”)
• *ǫžьnikъ (“captive”)
• *sǫžьňь (“slave”)

• *vęzati (“to knit, to bind”)
• *ǫziti (“to constrain”)
• *ǫzъkъ (“narrow, tight”)
• *ǫzьnъ (“bonded”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “у́же”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въже”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 202