Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obuxъ

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

Contested.

According to Vasmer, from *ob +‎ *buxъ, related to *buxati (“to bang”).

Other proposals derive it from *ob +‎ *-uxъ, from *uxo (“ear”).

Noun

*obuxъ m

1. butt (the thicker end of a tool or a weapon, especially an axe)

Declension

Declension of *obuxъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obuxъ	*obuxa	*obuśi
genitive	*obuxa	*obuxu	*obuxъ
dative	*obuxu	*obuxoma	*obuxomъ
accusative	*obuxъ	*obuxa	*obuxy
instrumental	*obuxъmь, *obuxomь*	*obuxoma	*obuxy
locative	*obuśě	*obuxu	*obuśěxъ
vocative	*obuše	*obuxa	*obuśi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: обухъ (obuxŭ)
    • Russian: о́бух (óbux), обу́х (obúx)
    • Ukrainian: обу́х (obúx)
    • Belarusian: абух (abux)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: obuch
  • Old Polish: obuch
    • Polish: obuch
  • Old Slovak: obuch
    • Slovak: obuch

Further reading

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