Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pazъ

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-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek πήγνῡμι (pḗgnūmi), πῆγμα (pêgma), πάγος (págos), Latin pango, pepigi, pactum, compāgēs, Middle Irish āge (< *pāgio-), Proto-Germanic *faką (> Old High German fah)

Noun

*pazъ m

notch, cleft

Inflection

Declension of *pazъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pazъ	*paza	*pazi
genitive	*paza	*pazu	*pazъ
dative	*pazu	*pazoma	*pazomъ
accusative	*pazъ	*paza	*pazy
instrumental	pazъmь, pazomь^*	*pazoma	*pazy
locative	*pazě	*pazu	*pazěxъ
vocative	*paze	*paza	*pazi

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

Derived terms

*pazьnikъ (“big chisel”)
*pazina (“crevasse”)
*pazduxa (“bosom”) (literally space between the breasts)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пазъ (pazŭ)
  - Russian: паз (paz)
  - Ukrainian: паз (paz)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: pа̑z; ра̑ž (tonal orthography) (< *pāzi̯os)
West Slavic:
- Czech: paz?
- Polish: paz?

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “паз”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “пазъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 862