Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puzo

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.

• Per Černykh: Possibly back-formed from Proto-Slavic *puzdro, from earlier *pōsra, Proto-Balto-Slavic *pausra, from Proto-Indo-European *pews-r-óm, from *pews- (“to swell, to blow”) (voicing in BSl. *-sr- is also attested in *nozdra (“nostril”)).
• Per Vasmer: Alternatively, may be related to Lithuanian рùžаs (“type of shrub”), perhaps from pre-Balto-Slavic *pewǵʰ- (?).

*puzo n

1. stomach, paunch, belly

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пу́за (púza); пу́зо (púzo) (dialectal)
  • Russian: пу́зо (púzo)
  • Ukrainian: пу́зо (púzo)
    • → Polish: puzo (dialectal)

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пу́зо”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 81
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́зо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пузо”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2005), “пу́за”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 10 (пра́сніца – пяя́ць), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN