Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫvozъ

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

From *on- +‎ *vȍzъ.

Noun

*ǫvozъ m

1. entryway
2. glen, gully, kloof, ravine

   Synonyms: *ǫdolь, *parovъ, *žȇlbъ

Inflection

Declension of *ǫvozъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫvozъ	*ǫvoza	*ǫvozi
genitive	*ǫvoza	*ǫvozu	*ǫvozъ
dative	*ǫvozu	*ǫvozoma	*ǫvozomъ
accusative	*ǫvozъ	*ǫvoza	*ǫvozy
instrumental	*ǫvozъmь, *ǫvozomь*	*ǫvozoma	*ǫvozy
locative	*ǫvozě	*ǫvozu	*ǫvozěxъ
vocative	*ǫvoze	*ǫvoza	*ǫvozi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

verb

• *vъvezti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ѫвозъ (ǫvozŭ), оувозъ (uvozŭ)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: úvoz
  • Old Polish: wąwóz
    • Polish: wąwóz
  • Old Slovak: úvoz
    • Slovak: úvoz

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уво́з”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress