Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyzъ

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hūsō, ultimately from unknown source, possibly from substrate language. Derivative from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (to hide) was also proposed, compare Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, bladder), as the bladder is what is valuable about this fish.

Noun

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*vy̑zъ m[1][2]

  1. beluga (any fish of the species Huso huso)
    Hypernym: *esètrъ

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: визъ (viz)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ви̑з
      Latin script: vȋz
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: Vyz (proper noun)
    • Old Slovak: vyz
    • Polish: wyz
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wyz
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Romanian: viz (rare)

References

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  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “віз”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “vyza”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 767

Further reading

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  • Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб [The Origin of the Common Slavic Names of Fish] (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 131-132
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “виз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “wyza”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  • Machek, Václav (1968) “vyza”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 705
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “виза²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 146