Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělověža

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 *bělъ +‎ *-o- +‎ *věža.

Noun

*bělověža f

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

Declension of *bělověža (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bělověža *bělověži *bělověžę̇
genitive *bělověžę̇ *bělověžu *bělověžь
dative *bělověži *bělověžama *bělověžamъ
accusative *bělověžǫ *bělověži *bělověžę̇
instrumental *bělověžejǫ, *bělověžǫ** *bělověžama *bělověžami
locative *bělověži *bělověžu *bělověžasъ, *bělověžaxъ*
vocative *bělověže *bělověži *bělověžę̇

* -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:
    • Russian: Беловежа (Beloveža, “name of a village on the Narevka river”)
    • Ukrainian: Білові́ж (Bilovíž, “name of a village”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: Bělověž
    • Polish: Białowieża (“National Park in Poland”)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělověža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
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