Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫzlъ

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

Probably related to *vęzati. Possibly cognate with Lithuanian ą́žuolas, Latvian ozols, Old Prussian ansonis (“oak”).

Noun

*ǫ̀zlъ m

  1. knot

Inflection

Declension of *ǫ̀zlъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫ̀zlъ *ǫ̀zla *ǫ̀zli
genitive *ǫ̀zla *ǫ̀zlu *ǫ̀zlъ
dative *ǫ̀zlu *ǫ̀zloma *ǫ̀zlomъ
accusative *ǫ̀zlъ *ǫ̀zla *ǫ̀zly
instrumental *ǫ̀zlъmь, *ǫ̀zlomь* *ǫ̀zloma *ǫ̀zlȳ
locative *ǫ̀zlě *ǫ̀zlu *ǫ̀zlě̄xъ
vocative *ǫ̀zle *ǫ̀zla *ǫ̀zli

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ѫзлъ (ǫzlŭ), узьлъ (uzĭlŭ), узълъ (uzŭlŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ѫзлъ (ǫzlŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱘⰸⰾⱏ (ǫzlŭ)
    • Bulgarian: въ́зел (vǎ́zel), въ́ндзил (vǎ́ndzil) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: јазол (jazol)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̏зао
      Latin script: ȕzao
    • Slovene: vôzəl (tonal orthography), ôzəl (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫ̀zlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “узел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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