Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyza

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

Noun

*vyza f

1. Alternative form of *vyzъ (“beluga (any fish of the species Huso huso)”)

Declension

Declension of *vyza (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vyza	*vyzě	*vyzy
genitive	*vyzy	*vyzu	*vyzъ
dative	*vyzě	*vyzama	*vyzamъ
accusative	*vyzǫ	*vyzě	*vyzy
instrumental	*vyzojǫ, *vyzǫ**	*vyzama	*vyzami
locative	*vyzě	*vyzu	*vyzasъ, *vyzaxъ*
vocative	*vyzo	*vyzě	*vyzy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: виза (vyza)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: вѝза (vìza) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви̏за, ви̏са

    Latin script: vȉza, vȉsa

  • Slovene: víza
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vyza
    • Czech: vyza
  • Old Polish: wyza
  • Old Slovak: vyza, vyz
    • Slovak: vyza

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: viza
  • → Romanian: viza (rare)