Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/uź

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    Of disputed origin. Often derived from a Proto-Indo-European *ups, from *upó (“under, below”), and connected to Old Norse upp (“up”). This is formally acceptable for the Slavic forms, via the regular loss of the labial stop p and sandhi variation with *z; however, the Baltic forms cannot descend from this form.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps the Baltic forms were borrowed from the Slavic forms?”)

    According to Snoj, from Proto-Indo-European *úds[2], in which case it would be cognate with Proto-Germanic *uz.

    In both cases, cognate with Old Irish uss-.

    Preposition

    *uź[1]

    1. on, at
    2. in return for

    Descendants

    • Latvian: uz
    • Lithuanian: už
    • Proto-Slavic: *vъz (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vъz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533: “*uź”
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vz-”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “ide. *uds-”
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