Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xmyzъ

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 earlier *smyzъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *smūˀź-, from Proto-Indo-European *smuHgʰ- / *smeuHgʰ-. Semantic development: “smoke, haze, fog” > “thickets” > “brushwood”. Cognate with English smoke, German Schmauch.

Noun

*xmyzъ m[1] (East Slavic)

  1. thicket, shrubbery, brushwood (small trees and shrubs)

Declension

Declension of *xmyzъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xmyzъ *xmyza *xmyzi
genitive *xmyza *xmyzu *xmyzъ
dative *xmyzu *xmyzoma *xmyzomъ
accusative *xmyzъ *xmyza *xmyzy
instrumental *xmyzъmь, *xmyzomь* *xmyzoma *xmyzy
locative *xmyzě *xmyzu *xmyzěxъ
vocative *xmyze *xmyza *xmyzi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *хмꙑзъ (*xmyzŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *хмызъ (*xmyz), хмысъ (xmys)
      • Russian: хмыз (xmyz), хмыс (xmys) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xmyzъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 45
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