Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫži

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 *(v)ǫži, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“to bend”) +‎ *-y. Compare *(g)ǫsěnica.

Noun

*gǫži f^[1]

pleach, wattle, most often in the form of a ring
Synonym: *gǫžь

Declension

Declension of *gǫži (soft v-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gǫži	*gǫžьvi	*gǫžьvi
genitive	*gǫžьve	*gǫžьvu	*gǫžьvъ
dative	*gǫžьvi	gǫžьvьma, gǫžьvama^*	gǫžьvьmъ, gǫžьvamъ^*
accusative	*gǫžьvь	*gǫžьvi	*gǫžьvi
instrumental	gǫžьvьjǫ, gǫžьvľǫ^**	gǫžьvьma, gǫžьvama^*	gǫžьvьmi, gǫžьvami^*
locative	*gǫžьve	*gǫžьvu	gǫžьvьxъ, gǫžьvaxъ^*
vocative	*gǫži	*gǫžьvi	*gǫžьvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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:
- Old East Slavic: гѫжьва (gǫžĭva)
  - Old Ruthenian: *гужва́ (*hužvá)
    - Belarusian: гужва́ (hužvá) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: гужва́ (hužvá), ужва́ (užvá)
      - → Polish: (dialectal) użwa, uzwa
  - Russian: гу́жва́ (gúžvá)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Church Slavonic: гѫжвица (gǫžvica)
- Bulgarian: гъ̀жва (gǎ̀žva)
- Macedonian: гужва (gužva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гу̑жва
  
  Latin script: gȗžva
- Slovene: gọ̑žva (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: húžev, húžva
  - Czech: houžev
    - → Polish: huzew, huzdew
    - → Slovak: húžev
- Polish: gązwa, gązew, (dialectal) gążew, gążwa
- Old Slovak: húžva
  - Slovak: húžva

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: gujbă
- → Hungarian: gúzsba

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gǫži”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 176