Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/užasъ
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Morphologically equivalent to *u- + *žasъ (“fright”).
Further etymology is problematic:
- On morphological basis, has been linked to the root of *gasiti (“to extinguish”), which however poses semantic problems.
- An alternative proposal suggests genetic relation to *gadъ (“creep, reptile”), presumably from pre-Slavic *u- + *gēd- + *-sъ.
- Possibly a borrowing[1] from Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to frighten”), assumming that related non-prefixed forms are back-formations and that Gothic -𐌰𐌹- (-ai-) was rendered as Proto-Slavic *-ě- < *-ē- (rather than formally expected *-ai-).
Noun
- (perhaps originally) awe, dismay
- → horror, fright, dread (in South, East Slavic)
- → amazement, astonishment (in West Slavic)
Declension
Declension of *ȗžasъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ȗžasъ | *ȗžasa | *ȗžasi |
| genitive | *ȗžasa | *užasù | *užãsъ |
| dative | *ȗžasu | *užasomà | *užasòmъ |
| accusative | *ȗžasъ | *ȗžasa | *ȗžasy |
| instrumental | *ȗžasъmь, *ȗžasomь* | *užasomà | *užasý |
| locative | *ȗžasě | *užasù | *užasě̃xъ |
| vocative | *užase | *ȗžasa | *ȗžasi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *žasъ (“fright”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic, Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 156: “PSl. *užasъ (m. o-stem) ‘horror, amazement’”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*užasъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511: “m. o ‘amazement, horror’”