Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uzda
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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
Etymology
Most likely from *us- (“mouth”) + *-da (“lacative suffix”).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *ūzdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ūzdà | *ũzdě | *ūzdỳ |
| genitive | *ūzdỳ | *ūzdù | *ũzdъ |
| dative | *ūzdě̀ | *ūzdàma | *ūzdàmъ |
| accusative | *ūzdǫ̀ | *ũzdě | *ūzdỳ |
| instrumental | *ūzdòjǫ, *ũzdǫ** | *ūzdàma | *ūzdàmī |
| locative | *ūzdě̀ | *ūzdù | *ūzdàsъ, *ūzdàxъ* |
| vocative | *uzdo | *ũzdě | *ūzdỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *obuzdati (“to bridle”)
- *orzuzdati (“to unbridle”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ūzdà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511: “f. ā (b) ‘bridle’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “uzda uzdy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b tøjle (PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “uzda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *uzda̋”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “узда́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress