Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božurъ

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

*božurъ

Etymology

From *bogъ (“god”) +‎ *urъ. Interestingly, the word peony also includes a divine notion. Compare Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paean, the physician of the gods”), related to παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”), from which the word peony is derived.

Noun

*božurъ m

1. (South Slavic) peony, Paeonia officinalis

Declension

Declension of *božurъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*božurъ	*božura	*božuri
genitive	*božura	*božuru	*božurъ
dative	*božuru	*božuroma	*božuromъ
accusative	*božurъ	*božura	*božury
instrumental	*božurъmь, *božuromь*	*božuroma	*božury
locative	*božurě	*božuru	*božurěxъ
vocative	*božure	*božura	*božuri

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

Related terms terms

nouns

• *bogyni f
• *božę n
• *božiťь m
• *božьba f
• *božьcь n
• *božьkъ n
• *božьnica f

 

verbs

• *bogovati
• *božiti

 

adjectives

• *bogovъ
• *božьjь
• *božьnъ
• *božьskъ

 

proper nouns

• *Bogodanъ
• *Bogomilъ
• *Bogoslavъ
• *Bogumilъ
• *Boguslavъ
• *Boguxvalъ
• *Bogъdanъ

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: божур (božur)
  • Macedonian: бо́жур (bóžur)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бо̀жӯр

    Latin script: bòžūr

  • Slovene: božúr, božȗr (tonal orthography)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: bozhure
  • → Old Hungarian: bazsár
    • Hungarian: bazsarózsa
  • → Romanian: bujor

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božurъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 228