Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běloǫsъ

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 *bělъ (“white”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *ǫsъ (“moustache”).

Adjective

*běloǫsъ

1. white-moustached, whitebeard

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *бѣлоѫсъ (*běloǫsŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *бѣлоу́сый (*bělúsyj)
      • Belarusian: белаву́сы (bjelavúsy)
      • Ukrainian: білову́сий (bilovúsyj)
    • Russian: белоу́сый (beloúsyj)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bělovousý
  • Polish: białowąsy
  • Slovak: bielofúzy, belofúzy
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: běłowusaty

Noun

*běloǫsъ m

1. who has white moustache

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *бѣлоѫсъ (*běloǫsŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: бѣлоу́съ (bělús); Бѣлоу́съ (Bělús)
      • Belarusian: Белаву́с (Bjelavús)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: Белаву́саў (Bjelavúsaŭ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: білоу́с (biloús)
      • Ukrainian: білову́с (bilovús), білоу́с (biloús); Білоу́с (Biloús), Білову́с (Bilovús)
    • Middle Russian: *бѣлоу́съ (*běloús); Бѣлоу́съ (Běloús)
      • Russian: белоу́с (beloús)
      • ⇒ Russian: Белоу́сов (Beloúsov)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bělovous
  • ⇒ Polish: Białowąs