Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bez

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-SlavicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰe (“instrumental particle”) + Proto-Indo-European *-ǵʰs (“out”). Cognate with Lithuanian bè, Lithuanian bez, Old Prussian bhe, and likely Sanskrit बहिस् (bahís, “outside”). The first element is probably the same as that in Proto-Slavic *bo (“for”), Lithuanian bà (“really”), Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”)^[1], Avestan 𐬠𐬁‎ (bā, “indeed”).

PrepositionEdit

*bez^[2]^[3]

(with genitive) without
Antonyms: *sъ(n), *ba

DescendantsEdit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: без (bjez)
- Russian: без (bez)
- Rusyn: без (bez)
- Ukrainian: без (bez)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: без (bez)
- Bulgarian: без (bez)
- Macedonian: без (bez)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бѐз
  
  Latin: bèz
- Slovene: brez (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: bez, beze
- Polish: bez, beze
- Slovak: bez, bezo
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bźez
  - Upper Sorbian: bjez

ReferencesEdit

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1565
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bez(ъ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “prep. ‘without’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “bez”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1565

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bez(ъ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “prep. ‘without’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001), “bez”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”

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