Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyzъ

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

Alternative forms

• *vyza f

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hūsō, ultimately from unknown source, possibly from substrate language. Derivative from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to hide”) was also proposed, compare Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), as the bladder is what is valuable about this fish.

Noun

*vy̑zъ m

1. beluga (any fish of the species Huso huso)

   Hypernym: *esètrъ

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vy̑zъ	*vy̑za	*vy̑zi
genitive	*vy̑za	*vyzù	*vỹzъ
dative	*vy̑zu	*vyzomà	*vyzòmъ
accusative	*vy̑zъ	*vy̑za	*vy̑zy
instrumental	*vy̑zъmь, *vy̑zomь*	*vyzomà	*vyzý
locative	*vy̑zě	*vyzù	*vyzě̃xъ
vocative	*vyze	*vy̑za	*vy̑zi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: визъ (viz)
    • Belarusian: віз (viz)
    • Ukrainian: виз (vyz)
      • → Russian: виз (viz) (rare), ⇒ визи́га (vizíga)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви̑з

    Latin script: vȋz

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Vyz (proper noun)
  • Old Slovak: vyz
  • Polish: wyz
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wyz

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: viz (rare)

Further reading

• Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб [The Origin of the Common Slavic Names of Fish] (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 131-132
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “виз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “wyza”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
• Machek, Václav (1968) “vyza”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 705
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “виза²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 146