Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъzъ

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 reconstructions

*bъzgъ, *bъzdъ

Etymology

Related to Proto-Slavic *bazъ (“elder tree”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun

*bъ̏zъ m

elderberry (Sambucus)

Declension

Declension of *bъzъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъzъ	*bъza	*bъzi
genitive	*bъza	*bъzu	*bъzъ
dative	*bъzu	*bъzoma	*bъzomъ
accusative	*bъzъ	*bъza	*bъzy
instrumental	bъzъmь, bъzomь^*	*bъzoma	*bъzy
locative	*bъzě	*bъzu	*bъzěxъ
vocative	*bъze	*bъza	*bъzi

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

Related terms

*bazъ (“elder tree”)
*buzъ (“hum, purr”) (in Bulgarian attested in 0-grade, identical to *bъzъ)
- *buzina (“rumble”)
*bukъ (“beech”)

Derived terms

*bъzakъ (“shrubs of bushes”)
*bъzina (“elder wood”)
*bъzьjь (“overgrown with bushes”)
*bъzьkъ (“shrubs of bushes”)
*bъzьlъ (“elder tree”)
*bъzovъ (ref. adj.)
*bъzunъ (“cockchafer”)
(possibly) *bъžurъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бъзъ (bŭzŭ), бозъ (bozŭ)
  - Russian: боз (boz) (obsolete), буз (buz)
    - ⇒ Russian: бузина́ (buziná, “elder”)
  - Ukrainian: боз (boz), буз (buz)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: бузина́ (buzyná, “elder”)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: бузо́к (buzók, “lilac”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бъзъ (bŭzŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⰸⱏ (bŭzŭ)
  - Bulgarian: бъз (bǎz)
    - ⇒ Bulgarian: бъ́зел (bǎ́zel), бо́зъл (bózǎl), бъ́зек (bǎ́zek)
  - Macedonian: боз (boz)
    - ⇒ Macedonian: бозел (bozel)
  - → Romanian: boz, bozie
- Serbo-Croatian: baz, boz
  - ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: bàzga
- Serbo-Croatian: баз, боз
  - ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: ба̀зга
- Slovene: bə̏z (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Slovene: bəzə̏g, bə̀zəg (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bez
  - Czech: bez
- Polabian: båz
- Old Polish: bez
  - Polish: bez, bes (Żywiec)
  - Silesian: bes
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: bes
- Slovak: bez, baza
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bóz
  - Lower Sorbian: bez, baz

Non-Slavic:
- → Greek: βούζιον (voúzion)
- → Hungarian: bodza

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “bez”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*bъ̏zъ”

[Snoj-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “bez”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*bъ̏zъ”