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]^[2]

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)

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

[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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