Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pazъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek πήγνῡμι (pḗgnūmi), πῆγμα (pêgma), πάγος (págos), Latin pango, pepigi, pactum, compāgēs, Middle Irish āge (< *pāgio-), Proto-Germanic *faką (> Old High German fah)

Noun

*pazъ m

1. notch, cleft

Inflection

Declension of *pazъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pazъ	*paza	*pazi
genitive	*paza	*pazu	*pazъ
dative	*pazu	*pazoma	*pazomъ
accusative	*pazъ	*paza	*pazy
instrumental	*pazъmь, *pazomь*	*pazoma	*pazy
locative	*pazě	*pazu	*pazěxъ
vocative	*paze	*paza	*pazi

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

Derived terms

• *pazьnikъ (“big chisel”)
• *pazina (“crevasse”)
• *pazduxa (“bosom”) (literally space between the breasts)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пазъ (pazŭ)
    • Russian: паз (paz)
    • Ukrainian: паз (paz)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: pа̑z; ра̑ž (tonal orthography) (< *pāzi̯os)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: paz?
  • Polish: paz?

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “паз”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “пазъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 862