Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posagъ

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.

Resultant noun of *posagati (“to wed”) +‎ *-ъ (whence Old Church Slavonic посагати (posagati)).

*posagъ m

1. wedding (in Russian), marriage (in Old Church Slavonic)

   Synonyms: *svatьba, *bьrakъ, *snubľenьje

2. dowry (elsewhere)

   Synonyms: *věno, *pridanь

• *sagati, *sagnǫti

• *posadъ (“honorary place where newly-wed sit during wedding”)

• East Slavic:
  • Middle Russian: посагъ (posag, “wedding”)
    • Russian: поса́г (poság) (standard)
  • Old East Slavic: *посагъ (*posagŭ, “dowry”)
    • Belarusian: паса́г m (pasáh), паса́га f (pasáha)
    • Russian: поса́г (poság) (dialectal, Tver region)
    • Ukrainian: по́са́г (pósáh), dial. по́сяг (pósjah)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: посагъ (posagŭ, “marriage”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: posah (“dowry”)
  • Polish: posag (“dowry”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “посаг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “посаг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 534