Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obuxъ

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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

Contested.

According to Vasmer, from *ob +‎ *buxъ, related to *buxati (to bang).

Other proposals derive it from *ob +‎ *-uxъ, from *uxo (ear).

Noun

*obuxъ m

  1. butt (the thicker end of a tool or a weapon, especially an axe)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́бух”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress