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]^[2]

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)

References

^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “віз”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “vyza”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 767

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
Václav Machek (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

[1] Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “віз”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka

[2] Jiří Rejzek (2007) “vyza”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 767

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