Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězъ

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.

From Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźas, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵós, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-. Cognate with Lithuanian rėžas (“cut”).

*rě̑zъ m^[1]

1. cut
2. edge, blade

   → (by extension) knife, cutting tool

   Synonyms: *ostrьje, *sěčivo

• *rězь (“carving, acute pain”)
• *rězati (“to cut”)
• *rězenь (“slice”)
• *raziti (“to pound, to astound”)
  • *poraženьje (“defeat”)
  • *sъraženьje (“combat”)
• *zaraza (“infectious disease”)

• *rězъka (diminutive)
• *prorězъ (“slit, notch”)
• *narězъ (“ripple, groove”)
• *perrězъ (“incision”)
• *orzrězъ (“section”)
• *otъrězъka (“scrap”)
• *jьzrězъka (“snip, cut piece”)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: рез (rez)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: рѣзъ (rězŭ)
  • Bulgarian: рез (rez, “blade, edge”), dial. ряз (rjaz)
  • Macedonian: рез (rez, “edge”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ре̑з

    Latin script: rȇz

  • Slovene: rẹ̑z
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: řěz
    • Czech: řez
  • Polish: rzaz
  • Slovak: rez?

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рез”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рез”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 210
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “rẹ̑z”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si