Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězъ

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 Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźas, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵós, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-. Cognate with Lithuanian rėžas (“cut”).

Noun

*rě̑zъ m

1. cut
2. edge, blade

   → (by extension) knife, cutting tool

   Synonyms: *ostrьje, *sěčivo

Declension

Declension of *rě̑zъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rě̑zъ	*rě̑za	*rě̑zi
genitive	*rě̑za	*rězù	*rě̃zъ
dative	*rě̑zu	*rězomà	*rězòmъ
accusative	*rě̑zъ	*rě̑za	*rě̑zy
instrumental	*rě̑zъmь, *rě̑zomь*	*rězomà	*rězý
locative	*rě̑zě	*rězù	*rězě̃xъ
vocative	*rěze	*rě̑za	*rě̑zi

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

Related terms

• *rězь (“carving, acute pain”)
• *rězati (“to cut”)
• *rězenь (“slice”)
• *raziti (“to pound, to astound”)
  • *poraženьje (“defeat”)
  • *sъraženьje (“combat”)
• *zaraza (“infectious disease”)

Derived terms

• *rězъka (diminutive)
• *prorězъ (“slit, notch”)
• *narězъ (“ripple, groove”)
• *perrězъ (“incision”)
• *orzrězъ (“section”)
• *otъrězъka (“scrap”)
• *jьzrězъka (“snip, cut piece”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: рез (rez)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: рѣзъ (rězŭ)
  • Bulgarian: рез (rez, “blade, edge”), dial. ряз (rjaz)
  • Macedonian: рез (rez, “edge”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ре̑з

    Latin script: rȇz

  • Slovene: rẹ̑z
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: řěz
    • Czech: řez
  • Polish: rzaz
  • Slovak: rez?

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рез”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рез”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 210
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “rẹ̑z”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si